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FIXATIVE
Definition of FIXATIVE
noun
A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FIXATIVE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIXATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIXATIVE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFIITVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start FIXATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found FIXATIVE?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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