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CHIVVY
Definition of CHIVVY
verb
To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.
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Other senses
CHIVVY carries 4 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To vex or harass with petty attacks.
“political opponents who chivvied the senator.”
intransitive verb
To maneuver or secure gradually.
intransitive verb
To scurry.
noun
A hunt or chase.
Where it comes from
From chivy, chevy (“to chase; to race, scamper”), from chivy, chevy (“a chase, hunt, pursuit”), probably from the title of The Ballad of Chevy Chase, first published in The Complaynt of Scotland (1549); the ballad is about a hunt taking place on a chase (“large country estate where game may be hunted”) in the Cheviot Hills between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, and is thought to allude to the Battle of Otterburn in 1388.
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Word DNA
How it is built
CHIVVY in a sentence
“He doles out brisk advice and the occasional terse chivvy.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHIVVY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 146 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHIVVY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CHIVVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. V appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of CHIVVY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start CHIVVY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHIVVY?
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