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CONTRIVED
Definition of CONTRIVED
verb
simple past and past participle of contrive
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Word DNA
CONTRIVED 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 (873)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONTRIVE · 2 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.
CONTRIVED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTRIVED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEINORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CONTRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found CONTRIVED?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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