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CONTRIVANCES
Definition of CONTRIVANCES
noun
plural of contrivance
CONTRIVANCE
noun
A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
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Word DNA
CONTRIVANCES inherits its ancestry from its root, CONTRIVE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,282)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONTRIVE · 7 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.
CONTRIVANCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTRIVANCES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCEINNORSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and N appear more than once.
Words that start CONTRIVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTRIVANCES?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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