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INJECTIVE
Definition of INJECTIVE
adjective
Of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French injectif.
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.
INJECTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INJECTIVE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEIIJNTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start INJECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INJECTIVE?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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