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SERVANT
Definition of SERVANT
noun
One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.
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.
SERVANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SERVANT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AENRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SERVAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found SERVANT?
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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