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DAVENS
Definition of DAVENS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of daven
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Word DNA
DAVENS inherits its ancestry from its root, DAVEN.
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
31st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (189)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAVEN · 3 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.
DAVENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAVENS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADENSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found DAVENS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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