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PAVISE
Definition of PAVISE
noun
Alternative form of pavis.
noun
Most usually, a very large shield fitted with a stand, like a small moveable wall, carried in front to protect all or most of the bearer's body that could be positioned independently of the user, such as a crossbowman, often with a projecting ridge running vertically down the center. However, smaller, more standard shield types were also termed as such, with the central verticle ridge as a defining feature.
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Word DNA
PAVISE inherits its ancestry from its root, PAVIS.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PAVIS · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French, Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAVISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PAVISE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIPSV - 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 PAVISE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found PAVISE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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