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ACTIVE
Definition of ACTIVE
adjective
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English actyf, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīv(us), from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. By surface analysis, act + -ive.
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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.
ACTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ACTIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEITV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ACTIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACTIVE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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