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MOTIVE
Definition of MOTIVE
noun
An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English motif, from Anglo-Norman motif, Middle French motif, and their source, Late Latin motivum (“motive, moving cause”), neuter of motivus.
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.
MOTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MOTIVE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIMOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOTIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found MOTIVE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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