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RAVES
Definition of RAVES
noun
plural of rave
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Word DNA
RAVES inherits its ancestry from its root, RAVE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (836)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RAVE · 3 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.
RAVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.
Built from these letters
RAVES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AERSV - 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.
Could you have found RAVES?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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