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CULVERT
Definition of CULVERT
noun
A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested:
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CULVERT · 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.
CULVERT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 224 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CULVERT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CELRTUV - 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 41
Could you have found CULVERT?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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