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SPIV
Definition of SPIV
noun
A smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen goods, especially during World War II.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown. Perhaps from spiff, spiffy. Spiv was the nickname of Henry Bagster, a Londoner arrested a number of times in 1904-6 for activities as described below, and may have been the archetype. Also possibly from Romani spiv (“sparrow”), as active and opportunistic.
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.
SPIV in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPIV starts with S and ends with V. Sorted, its letters read IPSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found SPIV?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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