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CONTRACTIVE
Definition of CONTRACTIVE
adjective
Able to contract; contractile
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From contract + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
CONTRACTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTRACTIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEINORTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and T appear more than once.
Words that start CONTRAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTRACTIVE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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