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EVOLUTE
Definition of EVOLUTE
noun
A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.
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Other senses
EVOLUTE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The locus of the centers of curvature of a given curve.
Evolved; developed: as, an evolute curve.
noun
In mathematics, a curve which is the locus of the center of curvature of another curve, or the envelop of the normals to the latter.
noun
A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it. See involute. It is the locus of the centers of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve or evolvent.
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EVOLUTE · 3 relatives in the game
EVOLUTE in a sentence
“From evolution we get evolute, which has technical meanings as a noun in mathematics and as an adjective in botany, but as a verb meaning the same as evolve, it is a needless variant.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EVOLUTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EVOLUTE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EELOTUV - 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.
Words that start EVOLUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found EVOLUTE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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