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RESILIENT

/ɹɪˈzɪl.jənt/9 letters

Definition of RESILIENT

adjective

Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. Having the ability to absorb energy when deformed.

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Where it comes from

From Latin resiliēns, resilientem (“rebounding”, present active participle of resiliō) (whence -ent), from saliō (“leap, jump”).

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.

RESILIENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 11 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
26
First board
100
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.

Built from these letters

RESILIENT
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

RESILIENT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEIILNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.

Words that start RESILI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RESILINRESILINGRESILINSRESILIENCERESILIENCYRESILIENCESRESILIENTLYRESILIENCIES

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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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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