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PERFORMATIVE
Definition of PERFORMATIVE
adjective
Enacting or performing (an act) by articulating it.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From perform + -ative.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PERFORM · 2 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.
PERFORMATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERFORMATIVE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEFIMOPRRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start PERFORMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERFORMATIVE?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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