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COVET
Definition of COVET
verb
To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English coveten, coveiten, coveyten, from Old French covoitier (modern French convoiter), from covoitié (“desire”), presumably modified from Latin cupiditas.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COVET · 6 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.
COVET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COVET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COVET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found COVET?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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