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CIVIL
Definition of CIVIL
adjective
Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English cyvyl, civil, borrowed from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“relating to a citizen”), from cīvis (“citizen”) ultimately from proto-Indo-European *ḱey-. Cognate with Old English hīwen (“household”), hīrǣden (“family”). More at hind; hird. (polite): Compare typologically urbane (<< Latin urbs), courteous (akin to court).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, CIVIL · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CIVIL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CIVIL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CIILV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CIVIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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