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CONGESTIVE
Definition of CONGESTIVE
adjective
Characterized by congestion
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From congest + -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.
CONGESTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONGESTIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEGINOSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CONGES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found CONGESTIVE?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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