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GREAVE
Definition of GREAVE
noun
A bush; a tree; a grove.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
GREAVE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A piece of armor worn below the knee to protect the front of the leg.
See grave.
noun
A bough; a branch.
noun
See greeve.
Where it comes from
From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfe, grǣfa (“bush, bramble, grove, thicket, copse, brush-wood (for burning), fuel”). Cognate with Scots greve, greave (“grove”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *grainiz (“twig”), of unknown origin, whence Old Norse grein (“branch, bough”). Closely related to Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove”). See grove.
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 (2,908)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GREAVE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old Norse, Proto-Germanic, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GREAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GREAVE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of GREAVE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found GREAVE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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