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OUTLIVE

/aʊtˈlɪv/7 letters

Definition of OUTLIVE

verb

To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English outliven, equivalent to out- + live.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

6.2%

of traced words share this origin (4,849)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundout-

Same root, OUTLIVE · 5 relatives in the game

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

OUTLIVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 159
Its 11 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
28
First board
138
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.

First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.

Built from these letters

OUTLIVE
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OUTLIVE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILOTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start OUTLIV

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OUTLIVE?

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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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