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DAVEN
Definition of DAVEN
verb
to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish דאַוונען (davnen).
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.
DAVEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAVEN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADENV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DAVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found DAVEN?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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