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USURY
Definition of USURY
noun
An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English usurie, from Latin ūsūria, from ūsūra (“lending at interest, usury”) from ūsus (“use”), from stem of ūtī (“to use”). Compare usurp and use.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, USURY · 2 relatives 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.
USURY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 343 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
USURY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read RSUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found USURY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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