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SCREEVE

/skɹiːv/7 letters

Definition of SCREEVE

verb

To write.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

In view of the slang nature of the term, probably from Polari screeve (“write”), from Irish scríobh, eventually from Latin scrībō (“write”). Doublet of shrive.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

SCREEVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
113
First board
6
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

elcee

on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SCREEVE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SCREEVE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEERSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SCREEV

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SCREEVEDSCREEVERSCREEVESSCREEVERSSCREEVINGSCREEVINGS

Could you have found SCREEVE?

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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.

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