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CALF
Definition of CALF
noun
A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English calf, from Anglian Old English cælf, calf (West Saxon ċealf), from Proto-West Germanic *kalb, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, further etymology unknown.
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.
CALF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CALF starts with C and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read ACFL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CALF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found CALF?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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