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SURVEILLANT
Definition of SURVEILLANT
adjective
overseeing; watchful
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
French
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,521)
branch · 12.8% 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.
SURVEILLANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 167, 3 November 2026.
Built from these letters
SURVEILLANT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEILLNRSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SURVEIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SURVEILLANT?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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