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HEAVE
Definition of HEAVE
verb
To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti, from the root *kap-. See also have. Cognate with West Frisian heffe, Dutch heffen ("to raise", "to lift"), German heben ("to raise", "to lift"), Danish hæve ("to raise", "to lift"), Albanian kap (“to grasp, seize”), Old Irish cáin (“law, tribute”), cacht (“prisoner”), Latin capiō (“to take”), Latvian kàmpt (“to seize”), Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō, “to gulp down”), κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”)). (To lift, to raise): Compare typologically Russian поднима́ть (podnimátʹ), подня́ть (podnjátʹ) (akin to има́ть (imátʹ), име́ть (imétʹ) < Proto-Slavic *jьmati, *jьměti).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, HEAVE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Irish, Latin, Proto-Slavic, Russian.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEAVE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEHV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 HEAVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found HEAVE?
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