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ALIVE
Definition of ALIVE
adjective
Having life; living; not dead.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English alyve, alive, alife, olive, olife, on live, on life, from Old English on līfe (“alive”, literally “in life" or "in (the) body”), from on (“on, in”) + līfe, dative singular of līf (“life”). In this sense, replaced Old English cwic (whence English quick). Equivalent to a- + life. Compare Dutch in leven (“alive”, literally “in life”), German am Leben (“alive”, literally “at life" or "at living”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ALIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ALIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found ALIVE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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