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SWIVET
Definition of SWIVET
noun
A state or condition of haste, flutter; extreme discomposure or distress; irritation, exasperation, annoyance.
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Other senses
SWIVET carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A state of extreme distress or discomposure.
noun
A state of condition of haste, flutter; extreme discomposure or distress; irritation exasperation annoyance.
noun
a panic or extreme discomposure
Word DNA
How it is built
SWIVET in a sentence
“One for the writers: Damage that an author can do to his or her career by choosing the vanity press route. [via swivet]”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SWIVET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWIVET starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EISTVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SWIVET. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start SWIVET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found SWIVET?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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