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PENSIVE
Definition of PENSIVE
adjective
Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pensif, pensyfe, pencyve, from Old French pensif (“thoughtful”), from penser (“to think”) (from Latin pēnsō) + -if (English -ive).
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.
PENSIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PENSIVE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEINPSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PENSIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found PENSIVE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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