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CULVER
Definition of CULVER
noun
A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from Latin columba (“pigeon, dove”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CULVER · 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.
CULVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CULVER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CELRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CULVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found CULVER?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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