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CLOVE
Definition of CLOVE
noun
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clove, an alteration of earlier clowe, borrowed from the first component of Old French clou (de girofle) (modern French clou de girofle), from Latin clāvus (“nail”) for its shape. Also see clāva (“knotty branch, club”). Doublet of clou and clavus.
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.
CLOVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLOVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found CLOVE?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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