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INFECTIVE
Definition of INFECTIVE
adjective
Able to cause infection; infectious
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From infect + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, INFECT · 8 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.
INFECTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 100, 28 August 2026.
Built from these letters
INFECTIVE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEFIINTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start INFECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INFECTIVE?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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