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GAINSTRIVED
Definition of GAINSTRIVED
verb
simple past and past participle of gainstrive
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Word DNA
GAINSTRIVED inherits its ancestry from its root, GAINSTRIVE.
How it is built
Same root, GAINSTRIVE · 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.
GAINSTRIVED in OUTLIER
It has fitted 35 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 80 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAINSTRIVED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGIINRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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 GAINSTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found GAINSTRIVED?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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