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INCISIVE
Definition of INCISIVE
adjective
Intelligently analytical and concise. Accurate and sharply focused.
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Where it comes from
Late Middle English (in the sense “cutting, penetrating”), borrowed from Medieval Latin incīsīvus, from incīdō (“to cut in, cut through”) + -īvus (“-ive”, adjectival suffix). Compare Middle French incisif.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INCISIVE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INCISIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INCISIVE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIIINSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start INCISI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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