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SEQUENT
Definition of SEQUENT
adjective
That comes after in time or order; subsequent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1550s; borrowed from Middle French sequent, from Old French sequent, itself borrowed from Latin sequentem, present participle of sequī (“to follow”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% 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.
SEQUENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEQUENT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EENQSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SEQUEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEQUENT?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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