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RAVEN
Definition of RAVEN
noun
Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English raven, reven (“raven (Corvus corax); carrion crow (Corvus corone); rook (Corvus frugilegus) (?); the constellation Corvus; gall nuts of the Aleppo oak (Quercus infectoria) used to make black ink”), from Old English hræfn (“raven”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn (“raven”), from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep- (“to crackle; to rattle”) or *ḱer- (“to croak, crow”), probably ultimately onomatopoeic, referring to the bird’s call.
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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.
RAVEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RAVEN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AENRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RAVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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