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ACTIVATES
Definition of ACTIVATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of activate
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Word DNA
ACTIVATES 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.
ACTIVATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ACTIVATES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEISTTV - 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 ACTIVATES?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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