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CAPTIVES
Definition of CAPTIVES
noun
plural of captive
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Word DNA
CAPTIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, CAPTIVE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (873)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAPTIVE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAPTIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CAPTIVES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIPSTV - 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.
Could you have found CAPTIVES?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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