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TAVERNA
Definition of TAVERNA
noun
A small Greek restaurant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Greek ταβέρνα (tavérna), from Latin taberna. Doublet of taberna and tavern.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAVERNA · 1 relative 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.
TAVERNA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAVERNA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAENRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start TAVERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found TAVERNA?
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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