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CHIVY
Definition of CHIVY
noun
Alternative form of chevy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
CHIVY carries 4 further meanings.
noun
See chevy.
transitive verb
To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch; to repeatedly cause annoyance or concern to.
noun
A hunt or chase.
noun
A hunting cry.
Where it comes from
A variant of chevy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CHIVY · 2 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.
CHIVY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 163 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHIVY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CHIVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of CHIVY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CHIVY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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