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INACTIVE
Definition of INACTIVE
adjective
Not active, temporarily or permanently.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French inactif. Piecewise doublet of unactive.
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.
INACTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INACTIVE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIINTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start INACTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found INACTIVE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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