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CAVALIER
Definition of CAVALIER
adjective
Lacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.
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Where it comes from
First appears c. 1562 in a translation by Peter Whitehorne. Borrowed from Middle French cavalier (“horseman”), itself borrowed from Old Italian cavaliere (“mounted soldier, knight”), borrowed from Old Occitan cavalier, from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”), probably from Gaulish caballos 'nag', variant of cabillos (compare Welsh ceffyl, Breton kefel, Irish capall), akin to German (Swabish) Kōb 'nag' and Old Church Slavonic кобꙑла (kobyla) 'mare'. Previous English forms include cavalero and cavaliero. Doublet of caballero and chevalier.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAVALIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAVALIER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACEILRV - 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 CAVALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found CAVALIER?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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