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ENDIVES
Definition of ENDIVES
noun
plural of endive
noun
A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
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Another sense
ENDIVES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of endive.
Word DNA
ENDIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, ENDIVE.
Line of descent
- Italian
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (576)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENDIVE · 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.
ENDIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 132 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENDIVES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEINSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found ENDIVES?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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