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CLOYE
Definition of CLOYE
verb
Obsolete form of cloy.
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Word DNA
CLOYE inherits its ancestry from its root, CLOY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLOY · 8 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLOYE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 95 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOYE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLOYE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found CLOYE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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