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CAUSATIVE
Definition of CAUSATIVE
adjective
Acting as a cause.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.
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.
CAUSATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAUSATIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEISTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CAUSAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found CAUSATIVE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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