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CLEVE
Definition of CLEVE
noun
A room; chamber.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cleve, from Old English cleofa (“that which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, cave, den, lair, cell, chamber, cellar, apartment”), from Proto-Germanic *klebô (“chamber, cell”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, cleave, split, divide”). Cognate with Old Norse klefi (“a closet, sleeping closet, bedroom”) (whence Icelandic klefi (“cell, compartment”)). Related to cleave.
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.
CLEVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLEVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEELV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CLEVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found CLEVE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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