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URGENCES
Definition of URGENCES
Wiktionary has no entry for URGENCES itself. This is its base word, URGENCE.
noun
Archaic form of urgency.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for URGENCE.
From Middle French urgence or urgent + -ence.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (870)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, URGENCE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
URGENCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
URGENCES starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEGNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start URGENC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found URGENCES?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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