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CALVES
Definition of CALVES
noun
plural of calf
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Word DNA
CALVES inherits its ancestry from its root, CALVE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (994)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CALVE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CALVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CALVES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 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 CALVES?
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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