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CONCAVITY
Definition of CONCAVITY
noun
The state of being concave
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French concavité. Morphologically concave + -ity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,303)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONCAVITY · 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.
CONCAVITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 148 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONCAVITY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACCINOTVY - 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 CONCAVITY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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