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CLEF
Definition of CLEF
noun
A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French clef, from Latin clāvis (“a key”). Doublet of clave and clavis.
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.
CLEF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 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 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CLEF starts with C and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read CEFL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLEF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CLEF?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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