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SWARVE

/swɔːv/6 letters

Definition of SWARVE

verb

To swerve.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

See swerve.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb1 syllable

Same root, SWARVE · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

SWARVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 165
Its 10 boards, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
72
First board
150
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First found by a player on Day 72, 31 July 2026.

Built from these letters

SWARVE
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SWARVE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AERSVW - 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 SWARVE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SWARVEDSWARVES

Could you have found SWARVE?

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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.

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