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SEVERANCE
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).
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.
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 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.
Could you have found SEVERANCE?
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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