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INFORMATIVE
Definition of INFORMATIVE
adjective
Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
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Where it comes from
From inform + -ative.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
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 21 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 4
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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