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RELIEF

/rɪˈliːf/6 letters

Definition of RELIEF

noun

The removal of stress or discomfort.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Old French relief (“assistance”), from Old French relever (“to relieve”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”). See also relieve.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RELIEF in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 11 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
15
First board
94
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

eileenn701

on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

RELIEF
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

RELIEF starts with R and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read EEFILR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start RELIEF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RELIEFSRELIEFLESS

Could you have found RELIEF?

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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.

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