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DATIVE
Definition of DATIVE
adjective
Denoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
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Where it comes from
From Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“to give”)) + -īvus (“-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.
DATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DATIVE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEITV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found DATIVE?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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