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LIVEWARE

/ˈlʌɪvwɛː/8 letters

Definition of LIVEWARE

noun

People who work with computers, as opposed to the software or hardware they use; loosely, human beings, as opposed to technology.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From live + -ware (after software, hardware).

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.

LIVEWARE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its 2 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
92
First board
113
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First found by a player on Day 92, 20 August 2026.

Built from these letters

LIVEWARE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start LIVEWA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LIVEWARE?

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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