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CAPTIVE
Definition of CAPTIVE
noun
One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English captif; derived from Latin captīvus, probably through a borrowing from a Middle French intermediate. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“seize, hold”). Doublet of caitiff.
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.
CAPTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 53, 12 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CAPTIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIPTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAPTIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found CAPTIVE?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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