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GAVE
Definition of GAVE
verb
simple past of give
verb
To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gaf, yaf, ȝaf, from Old English ġæf, ġeaf.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,881)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GAVE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 65 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
GAVE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGV - 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 GAVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found GAVE?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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