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SHRIVEN
Definition of SHRIVEN
verb
past participle of shrive
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Other senses
SHRIVEN carries 3 further meanings.
A past participle of shrive.
p. p. of shrive.
verb
Past participle of shrieve
Word DNA
How it is built
SHRIVEN in a sentence
“"shriven" or absolved from their sins, so they were able to start Lent feeling clean of spirit.”
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHRIVEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 68 boards so far. 465 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHRIVEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EHINRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHRIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found SHRIVEN?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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