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LIVES
Definition of LIVES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of live
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Word DNA
LIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, LIVE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,616)
How it is built
Same root, LIVE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Czech, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Russian and 3 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LIVES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIVES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LIVES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LIVES?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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