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CAPTIVATED
Definition of CAPTIVATED
adjective
rapt; mesmerized
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CAPTIVAT · 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.
CAPTIVATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPTIVATED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEIPTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start CAPTIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAPTIVATED?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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