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THIVELS
Definition of THIVELS
Wiktionary has no entry for THIVELS itself. This is its base word, THIVEL.
noun
a wooden stick for stirring porridge.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for THIVEL.
From Old English þȳfel, from Proto-West Germanic *þūbil.
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.
THIVELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THIVELS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found THIVELS?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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