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CIVE
Definition of CIVE
noun
Obsolete form of chive (“the herb”).
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Word DNA
CIVE inherits its ancestry from its root, CHIVE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHIVE · 4 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.
CIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found CIVE?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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