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PREVAILING
Definition of PREVAILING
adjective
Predominant; of greatest force.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, prevail + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PREVAIL · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PREVAILING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PREVAILING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGIILNPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PREVAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found PREVAILING?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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