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SURVEIL
Definition of SURVEIL
verb
To keep someone or something under surveillance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from surveillance (but cf. French surveiller and its variant surveille). First attested in 1903.
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.
SURVEIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SURVEIL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EILRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SURVEI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found SURVEIL?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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