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SCRIVENER
Definition of SCRIVENER
noun
A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English scryvener, alteration of scryveyn, from Anglo-Norman scrivein (“professional penman, copyist”), from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scriba, *scribanem, from Latin scriba, from scrībō (“to write”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCRIVEN · 2 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.
SCRIVENER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SCRIVENER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEINRRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start SCRIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRIVENER?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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