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SELVAGE
Definition of SELVAGE
noun
The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
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Where it comes from
From early modern Dutch selfegghe (Modern Dutch zelfkant (“selvage”)), equivalent to self + edge.
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.
SELVAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SELVAGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 SELVAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SELVAGE?
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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