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SWERVE
Definition of SWERVE
verb
To stray; to wander; to rove.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English swerven, swarven, from Old English sweorfan (“to file; rub; polish; scour; turn aside”), from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (“to rub off; wipe; mop”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerbʰ- (“to turn; wipe; sweep”). Cognate with West Frisian swerve (“to wander; roam; swerve”), Dutch zwerven (“to wander; stray; roam”), Low German swarven (“to swerve; wander; riot”), Swedish dialectal svärva (“to wipe”), Icelandic sverfa (“to file”).
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.
SWERVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SWERVE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EERSVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SWERVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SWERVE?
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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