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SERVITUDE

/ˈsɜːvɪtʃuːd/9 letters

Definition of SERVITUDE

noun

The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French servitude, from Latin servitūdō, from Latin servus (“slave”). Equivalent to serve + -itude.

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.

SERVITUDE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 19 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
25
First board
101
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

SERVITUDE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SERVITUDE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEIRSTUV - 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 SERVIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SERVITORSERVITORSSERVITRESSSERVITUDESSERVITORIAL

Could you have found SERVITUDE?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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