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SUSTENANCE
Definition of SUSTENANCE
noun
Something that provides support or nourishment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sustenaunce, from Old French sustenance, from sustenir with the suffix -ance, from Vulgar Latin *sustenire, from Latin sustinere. Compare also Late Latin sustinentia. Equivalent to sustain + -ance.
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.
SUSTENANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUSTENANCE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEENNSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, E and N appear more than once.
Words that start SUSTEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUSTENANCE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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