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SEVERANCE

/ˈsɛv.ɹəns/9 letters

Definition of SEVERANCE

noun

The act of severing or the state of being severed.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From sever + -ance, from Middle English severaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Old French sevrance, from sevrer.

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.

SEVERANCE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
113
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.

Built from these letters

SEVERANCE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SEVERANCE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEENRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start SEVERA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SEVERALSEVERALSSEVERABLESEVERALLYSEVERALTYSEVERANCESSEVERALFOLDSEVERALTIESSEVERABILITYSEVERABILITIES

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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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.

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