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INFORMATIVE

/ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/11 letters

Definition of INFORMATIVE

adjective

Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From inform + -ative.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

INFORMATIVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 14 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
4
First board
95
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.

Built from these letters

INFORMATIVE
11
Letters
5
Vowels
6
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INFORMATIVE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFIIMNORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start INFORMA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INFORMALINFORMANTINFORMABLEINFORMALLYINFORMANTSINFORMALITYINFORMATICSINFORMATIONINFORMATORYINFORMATIONSINFORMALITIESINFORMATIONAL

Could you have found INFORMATIVE?

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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.

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