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POSITIVE
Definition of POSITIVE
adjective
Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French positif, from Latin positivus, from the past participle stem of ponere (“to place”). Compare posit.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
POSITIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
POSITIVE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIIOPSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start POSITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found POSITIVE?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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