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CLAVICLE

/ˈklæv.ɪk.əl/8 letters

Definition of CLAVICLE

noun

The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French clavicule, from Latin clāvicula (“a small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (23,888)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Same root, CLAVICLE · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CLAVICLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 155
Its one board, across 155 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
137
First board
18
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

indigrrl

on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CLAVICLE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CLAVICLE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEILLV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and L appear more than once.

Words that start CLAVIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CLAVICLESCLAVICORNCLAVICULACLAVICHORDCLAVICORNSCLAVICULAECLAVICULARCLAVICHORDSCLAVICULATECLAVICHORDISTCLAVICHORDISTS

Could you have found CLAVICLE?

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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.

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