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PREVAILED
Definition of PREVAILED
verb
simple past and past participle of prevail
verb
To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
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Word DNA
PREVAILED inherits its ancestry from its root, PREVAIL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PREVAIL · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PREVAILED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PREVAILED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PREVAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PREVAILED?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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