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ERGATIVITY

/ɜː(ɹ)ɡəˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/10 letters

Definition of ERGATIVITY

noun

The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the object of a transitive verb is treated the same way as the subject of an intransitive one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.

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Where it comes from

From ergative + -ity.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

ERGATIVITY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

protondonor

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ERGATIVITY
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ERGATIVITY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGIIRTTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.

Words that start ERGATI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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