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ACTIVATED
Definition of ACTIVATED
adjective
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Word DNA
ACTIVATED inherits its ancestry from its root, ACTIVATE.
How it is built
Same root, ACTIVATE · 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.
ACTIVATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACTIVATED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEITTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear 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 ACTIVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACTIVATED?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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