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PURVEY
Definition of PURVEY
verb
To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English purveyen, from Anglo-Norman purveer, purveir et al., Old French porveeir, porveoir, from Latin prōvidēre (“to provide”). Doublet of provide; compare prudent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PURVEY · 3 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.
PURVEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURVEY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EPRUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PURVEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PURVEY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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