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PAVE
Definition of PAVE
verb
To cover something with paving slabs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre (“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PAVE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEPV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PAVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found PAVE?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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