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EAVE
Definition of EAVE
noun
Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A back-formation from eaves, from a misinterpretation of the -s ending as forming a plural.
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.
EAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EAVE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EAVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EAVE?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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