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PROVIDENCE
Definition of PROVIDENCE
noun
Preparation for the future; good governance; foresight.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English providence, from Anglo-Norman providence, Middle French providence, and their source, Latin prōvidentia (“providence, foresight”), from the present participle of prōvidēre (“to provide”). By surface analysis, provide + -ence. Displaced native Old English foresċēawung.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROVIDENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROVIDENCE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEINOPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PROVID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found PROVIDENCE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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