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RIVET
Definition of RIVET
noun
A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.
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Where it comes from
From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian. The sense "kind of footman's armour" is apparently a back-formation from almain rivet, which is apparently derived from the English noun; see that entry for more.
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.
RIVET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIVET starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EIRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RIVET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found RIVET?
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