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GLAIVE
Definition of GLAIVE
noun
A light lance with a long, sharp-pointed head.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gleyve (“lance, glaive”), from Old French glaive (“lance; sword”), from Late Latin glavus. The further etymology is uncertain; one possibility is that glavus reflects Latin gladius (“sword”) crossed with clāva (“club”); another is that it derives from a re-crossing of gladius with Proto-Celtic *kladiwos (“sword”); yet another is that it is a borrowing into Late Latin from Old Irish claideb. All of the aforementioned words derive ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat; to break”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes that none of these words had the oldest meaning of Old French glaive (“lance”). The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch glavie, glaye (“lance”); Middle High German glavîe, glævîn (“lance”), Swedish glaven (“lance”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,166)
How it is built
Same root, GLAIVE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Middle Dutch, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLAIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 73 boards so far. 337 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GLAIVE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGILV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 15
Could you have found GLAIVE?
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