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PREVAILS
Definition of PREVAILS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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
PREVAILS 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
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% 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.
PREVAILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PREVAILS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEILPRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PREVAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found PREVAILS?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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