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CLAVICHORDS
Definition of CLAVICHORDS
noun
plural of clavichord
noun
An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents) attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.
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Word DNA
CLAVICHORDS inherits its ancestry from its root, CLAVICHORD.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLAVICHORD · 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.
CLAVICHORDS 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 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLAVICHORDS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCDHILORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CLAVICH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLAVICHORDS?
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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