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CONCAVE
Definition of CONCAVE
adjective
Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English concave, from Old French concave, from Latin concavus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONCAVE · 1 relative 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.
CONCAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONCAVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCENOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CONCAV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONCAVE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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