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BEREAVE

/bɪˈɹiːv/7 letters

Definition of BEREAVE

verb

To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English bireven, from Old English berēafian (“to bereave, deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil”), from Proto-Germanic *biraubōną, and Old English berēofan (“to bereave, deprive, rob of”); both equivalent to be- + reave. Cognate with Dutch beroven (“to rob, deprive, bereave”), German berauben (“to deprive, rob, bereave”), Danish berøve (“to deprive of”), Norwegian berøve (“to deprive”), Swedish beröva (“to rob”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽 (biraubōn).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BEREAVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

tonezz

on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BEREAVE
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BEREAVE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEERV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start BEREAV

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BEREAVEDBEREAVENBEREAVERBEREAVESBEREAVERSBEREAVINGBEREAVEMENTBEREAVEMENTS

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