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TAVERNAS
Definition of TAVERNAS
noun
plural of taverna
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Word DNA
TAVERNAS inherits its ancestry from its root, TAVERNA.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% 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.
TAVERNAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TAVERNAS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAENRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TAVERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found TAVERNAS?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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