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CIVICS
Definition of CIVICS
noun
The study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin civicus (“having to do with citizens or a town or city”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CIVIC · 1 relative 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.
CIVICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CIVICS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCIISV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and I appear more than once.
Could you have found CIVICS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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