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CAVALIERS
Definition of CAVALIERS
noun
plural of cavalier
adjective
Lacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.
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Word DNA
CAVALIERS inherits its ancestry from its root, CAVALIER.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (899)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAVALIER · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Irish, Welsh.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAVALIERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CAVALIERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEILRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use 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 25
Could you have found CAVALIERS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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