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RIVE
Definition of RIVE
verb
To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to rend, tear apart”), from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (“to tear, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to crumble, tear”). Cognate with Danish rive (“to tear”), Old Frisian rīva (“to tear”), Old English ārǣfan (“to let loose, unwrap”), Old Norse ript (“breach of contract, rift”), Norwegian Bokmål rive (“to tear”), Swedish riva (”to tear”) and Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”). More at rift.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, RIVE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Norwegian, Old English, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RIVE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found RIVE?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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