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PAVIOR
Definition of PAVIOR
noun
A person who lays paving slabs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman paviour, from pavier (“to pave”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (260)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PAVIOR · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAVIOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAVIOR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AIOPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PAVIOR?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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