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CERVID
Definition of CERVID
noun
Synonym of true deer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, an appellativization from Cervid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -id.
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.
CERVID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CERVID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found CERVID?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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