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RELEVANT
Definition of RELEVANT
adjective
Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic. Directly related, connected, or pertinent, with important ramifications or implications.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scots relevant meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scottish legal circles starting in the early 1500s, and first used in English in the 1700s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).
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.
RELEVANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
RELEVANT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEELNRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RELEVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found RELEVANT?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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