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GROVELS
Definition of GROVELS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of grovel
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Another sense
GROVELS carries a second meaning.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grovel.
Word DNA
GROVELS inherits its ancestry from its root, GROVEL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, GROVEL · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Norwegian, Scots.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
GROVELS in a sentence
“I'm certain there are many traditionally liberal minded Jews who will indeed vote for him, but where is the evidence that he 'grovels' to them.”
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GROVELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GROVELS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGLORSV - 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.
Words that start GROVEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found GROVELS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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