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CLEFT
Definition of CLEFT
noun
An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clift, from Old English ġeclyft, from Proto-West Germanic *klufti, from Proto-Germanic *kluftiz, equivalent to cleave + -t (“-th”). Compare Dutch klucht (“coarse comedy”), Swedish klyft (“cave, den”), German Kluft. See cleave.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,718)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLEFT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLEFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 230 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLEFT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEFLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLEFT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found CLEFT?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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