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ROVED
Definition of ROVED
verb
past participle of rove
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Word DNA
ROVED inherits its ancestry from its root, ROVE.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (830)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROVE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROVED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROVED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEORV - 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.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found ROVED?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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