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CURVET
Definition of CURVET
verb
Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, an early form of curva (“curve”), from Latin curva, feminine of curvus (“bent, curved”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CURVET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CURVET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CERTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CURVET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CURVET?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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