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PROVIDENT
Definition of PROVIDENT
adjective
Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English provident, from Latin prōvidēns, prōvidentis, present participle of prōvideō (“to foresee; to be cautious; to provide”): compare French provident. By surface analysis, provide + -ent. Doublet of prudent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,108)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROVIDENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROVIDENT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEINOPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PROVID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found PROVIDENT?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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