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CORVEES
Definition of CORVEES
noun
plural of corvee
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Word DNA
CORVEES inherits its ancestry from its root, CORVEE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CORVEE · 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.
CORVEES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORVEES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CORVEES?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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