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CONATIVE
Definition of CONATIVE
adjective
Of or pertaining to a striving action.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin conatio (“an act of attempting”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONATIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEINOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CONATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found CONATIVE?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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