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INACTIVATED
Definition of INACTIVATED
verb
simple past and past participle of inactivate
INACTIVATE
verb
To make inactive.
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Word DNA
INACTIVATED inherits its ancestry from its root, INACTIVATE.
How it is built
Same root, INACTIVATE · 2 relatives 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.
INACTIVATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INACTIVATED starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEIINTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, A and T appear 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 INACTIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INACTIVATED?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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