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DENOTIVE
Definition of DENOTIVE
adjective
denotative
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From denote + -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.
DENOTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
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
DENOTIVE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEINOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DENOTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found DENOTIVE?
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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