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ANVILS
Definition of ANVILS
noun
plural of anvil
noun
A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
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Word DNA
ANVILS inherits its ancestry from its root, ANVIL.
Line of descent
8 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANVIL · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANVILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANVILS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AILNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found ANVILS?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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