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DIVAN
Definition of DIVAN
noun
A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French, from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan), from Classical Persian دیوان (dēwān), from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub). Compare mattress, from Arabic (both of Middle Eastern origin, due to the local custom of lying on padding on floor being foreign to Europeans). Doublet of dewan, douane, and diwaniya.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (163)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIVAN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Arabic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIVAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 212 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIVAN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADINV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found DIVAN?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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