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HAVER
Definition of HAVER
verb
To hem and haw.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots haiver.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (141)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HAVER · 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.
HAVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 148 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HAVER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HAVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found HAVER?
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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