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NATIVE
Definition of NATIVE
adjective
Belonging to one by birth or ancestry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus (“birth”). Doublet of naive and neif. Displaced native Middle English thedisch, equivalent to (puristic) theed + -ish. By surface analysis, Latin nat- + -ive. Compare also inborn.
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.
NATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NATIVE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEINTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NATIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found NATIVE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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