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AWAKEN
Definition of AWAKEN
verb
To cause to become awake.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English awakenen or awaknen, from Old English awæcnan or awæcnian, from a- plus wæcnan or wæcnian.
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.
AWAKEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AWAKEN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEKNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AWAKEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found AWAKEN?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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