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VANTAGE
Definition of VANTAGE
noun
An advantage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vantage, by apheresis from advantage; see advantage.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VANTAGE · 3 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.
VANTAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VANTAGE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGNTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start VANTAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VANTAGE?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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