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OXIDATIVE
Definition of OXIDATIVE
adjective
Of, relating to, or produced by oxidation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oxide + -ative or oxidate + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OXIDATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OXIDATIVE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEIIOTVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OXIDAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OXIDATIVE?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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