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CALVARY
Definition of CALVARY
noun
A life-size representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calavera and calvaria.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CALVARY · 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.
CALVARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CALVARY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACLRVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CALVAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found CALVARY?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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