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INOPERATIVE
Definition of INOPERATIVE
adjective
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in- + operative.
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.
INOPERATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INOPERATIVE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEIINOPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start INOPERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INOPERATIVE?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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