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LIVENS
Definition of LIVENS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of liven
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Word DNA
LIVENS inherits its ancestry from its root, LIVEN.
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.
LIVENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
LIVENS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found LIVENS?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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