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CLAVUS
Definition of CLAVUS
noun
A callous growth, especially on the foot; a corn.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin clāvus (“a nail”). Doublet of clove.
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.
CLAVUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLAVUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACLSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found CLAVUS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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