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COSTIVE
Definition of COSTIVE
adjective
Constipated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French costivé, past participle of costiver (“to constipate”), ultimately from Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”). Doublet of constipate.
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.
COSTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 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 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
COSTIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIOSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COSTIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COSTIVE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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