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SUBSTANCE
Definition of SUBSTANCE
noun
Physical matter; material.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”). Displaced native Old English andweorc.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SUBSTANCE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBSTANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBSTANCE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCENSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SUBSTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBSTANCE?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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