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CAUSATIVELY
Definition of CAUSATIVELY
adverb
In a causative manner
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From causative + -ly.
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.
CAUSATIVELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAUSATIVELY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACEILSTUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CAUSATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found CAUSATIVELY?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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