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INCEPTIVE
Definition of INCEPTIVE
adjective
Beginning; of or relating to inception.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French inceptif, from the Latin inceptīvus, from incipiō (“to begin”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INCEPTIVE · 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.
INCEPTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INCEPTIVE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEIINPTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start INCEPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INCEPTIVE?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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