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CAVE
Definition of CAVE
noun
A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English cave, borrowed from Old French cave, from Latin cava (“cavity”), from cavus (“hollow”). Cognate with Tocharian B kor (“throat”), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek κύαρ (kúar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian սոր (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty, barren, zero”). Displaced native Old English sċræf. More at cavum, cavus and cage.
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.
CAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CAVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CAVE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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