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OAKEN

/ˈəʊk.ən/5 letters

Definition of OAKEN

adjective

Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.

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Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ācen, ǣċen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, equivalent to oak + -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken”), Icelandic eikinn (“oaken”).

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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.

OAKEN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 17 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
32
First board
102
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.

Built from these letters

OAKEN
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OAKEN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEKNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start OAKEN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OAKENSHAWOAKENSHAWS

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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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.

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