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CIVETS
Definition of CIVETS
noun
plural of civet
noun
Any of the small carnivorous catlike mammals encompassing certain species from the families Viverridae, Eupleridae, and Nandiniidae, native to tropical Africa and Asia.
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Another sense
CIVETS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of civet.
Word DNA
CIVETS inherits its ancestry from its root, CIVET.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,061)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CIVET · 3 relatives in the game
CIVETS in a sentence
“Both these unlikely markets are members of a group of economies known as the "civets".”
World economy: new opportunities beckon beyond Europe | Observer editorial, 2011
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CIVETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 273 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CIVETS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEISTV - 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.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CIVETS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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