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GYVES

5 letters

Definition of GYVES

noun

plural of gyve

GYVE

noun

A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.

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Word DNA

GYVES inherits its ancestry from its root, GYVE.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Proto-Slavic
  3. Proto-Indo-European
  4. Irish
  5. Welsh
  6. Middle English
  7. English

6 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,706)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, GYVE · 2 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GYVES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 22 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
22
Boards found on
40
First board
147
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.

Built from these letters

GYVES
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GYVES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGSVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found GYVES?

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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.

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