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SOLVENT
Definition of SOLVENT
noun
A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French solvent, from Latin solventem, accusative singular of solvens, present participle of solvō. By surface analysis, solv(e) + -ent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
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.
SOLVENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 285 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SOLVENT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ELNOSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SOLVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SOLVENT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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