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CLAVES
Definition of CLAVES
noun
A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin American Spanish claves (plural), from Latin clāvis (“a key; a lever, bar”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLAVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CLAVES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found CLAVES?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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