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OUTLIVES
Definition of OUTLIVES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of outlive
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Word DNA
OUTLIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, OUTLIVE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OUTLIVE · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OUTLIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
OUTLIVES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILOSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OUTLIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found OUTLIVES?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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