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YEARN
Definition of YEARN
verb
To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
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Where it comes from
The verb is derived from Middle English yernen, yern (“to express or feel desire; to desire, long or wish for; to lust after; to ask or demand for”) [and other forms], from Old English ġeornan (“to desire, yearn; to beg”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan (“to be eager for, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną (“to desire, want”), from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”)) + *-janą (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives). The noun is derived from the verb.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YEARN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 147 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
YEARN starts with Y and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AENRY - 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.
Words that start YEARN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found YEARN?
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