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SEVERITY
Definition of SEVERITY
noun
The state of being severe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English severity, from Middle French severite (modern French sévérité), from Latin sevēritās. By surface analysis, severe + -ity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% 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.
SEVERITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SEVERITY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEIRSTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SEVERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SEVERITY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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