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INFECTIVELY
Definition of INFECTIVELY
Wiktionary has no entry for INFECTIVELY itself. This is its base word, INFECTIVE.
adjective
Able to cause infection; infectious
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for INFECTIVE.
From infect + -ive.
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.
INFECTIVELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INFECTIVELY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEEFIILNTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start INFECTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INFECTIVELY?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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