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CLEVIS
Definition of CLEVIS
noun
A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.
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Where it comes from
First attested in the 1590s. Ultimately related to cleave. Exact origin unknown; probably derived from the verb cleave. If so, the word ultimately may stem from Scandinavian: compare Old Norse kljúfa (“to split”), Old Norse klofi (“a forked stick”).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLEVIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 96, 24 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CLEVIS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLEVIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLEVIS?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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