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CRUIVE
Definition of CRUIVE
noun
A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots cruive, from Middle Scots cruve, crove, from Old Irish cró, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos, from Proto-Indo-European *krewH-.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, CRUIVE · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRUIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRUIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found CRUIVE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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