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LOVER
Definition of LOVER
noun
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,883)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LOVER · 4 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.
LOVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOVER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ELORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LOVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found LOVER?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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