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COVEN
Definition of COVEN
noun
A nunnery, a convent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English covent, from Anglo-Norman covent, cuvent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventum, from conveniō, from cum (“with”) and venio (“to come”). Doublet of convent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COVEN · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COVEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 227 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COVEN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CENOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found COVEN?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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