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GLAIVES
Definition of GLAIVES
noun
plural of glaive
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Another sense
GLAIVES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of glaive.
Word DNA
GLAIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, GLAIVE.
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 (11,201)
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.
GLAIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 73 boards so far. 248 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLAIVES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGILSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found GLAIVES?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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