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CAVILLED
Definition of CAVILLED
verb
simple past and past participle of cavil
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Word DNA
CAVILLED inherits its ancestry from its root, CAVIL.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (459)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAVIL · 5 relatives 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.
CAVILLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAVILLED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILLV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CAVILL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAVILLED?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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