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ABERDEVINE
Definition of ABERDEVINE
noun
The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested since the mid 1700s, of obscure origin. Richard Coates suggests that it may derive from Welsh aderyn and draenog with substantial phonological modifications. (The alternative form aber-de-vine shows re-interpretation as a French compound with de.)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Welsh
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (155)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ABERDEVINE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABERDEVINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABERDEVINE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEEINRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found ABERDEVINE?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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