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CRAVENEST
Definition of CRAVENEST
adjective
superlative form of craven: most craven
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Word DNA
CRAVENEST inherits its ancestry from its root, CRAVEN.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (836)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRAVEN · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRAVENEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRAVENEST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEENRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CRAVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRAVENEST?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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