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CREATIVE

/kɹiˈeɪtɪv/8 letters

Definition of CREATIVE

adjective

Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CREATIVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 95
Its 15 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
7
First board
95
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

CREATIVE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CREATIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

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 CREATI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CREATIVE?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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