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SOLVE

/sɒlv/5 letters

Definition of SOLVE

verb

To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English solven, from Latin solvō.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SOLVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 11 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
18
First board
100
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

vandy07

on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SOLVE
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SOLVE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start SOLVE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SOLVEDSOLVERSOLVESSOLVENTSOLVERSSOLVENCYSOLVENTSSOLVENTLYSOLVENCIESSOLVENTLESS

Could you have found SOLVE?

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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.

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