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SWIVE
Definition of SWIVE
verb
To have sex with (someone).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
SWIVE carries 4 further meanings.
To perform the act of copulation with; have sexual intercourse.
transitive verb
To copulate with (a woman).
verb
To reap, to cut for harvest.
verb
To copulate with (a woman).
Where it comes from
From Middle English swiven, from Old English swīfan (“to move, sweep, wend, revolve”), from Proto-Germanic *swībaną (“to wipe, sweep”). Cognate with Old Frisian swīva, swīfa (“to waver”), Old Norse svīfa (“to drift, ramble, rove”), Norwegian Nynorsk sviva (“to rotate, wander”). Related to Old English swift (“swift”), Middle English swyvel (“swivel”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (970)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SWIVE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Norwegian, Old Norse.
SWIVE in a sentence
“It was a bold move, and one that showed her resourcefulness, since he most decidedly had not asked her to dance, knowing that it would only heighten his urge to carry her off and swive her senseless.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SWIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 311 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
SWIVE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EISVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SWIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found SWIVE?
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