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LIVEN
Definition of LIVEN
verb
To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Partly from life + -en; partly from live (adjective) + -en; and partly a shortening of enliven. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk livna (“to quicken, come alive”), Faroese livna (“to come to life, come alive”), Icelandic lifna (“to come to life”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LIVEN · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Norwegian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LIVEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIVEN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EILNV - 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 LIVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found LIVEN?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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