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POSITIVE

/ˈpɑzɪtɪv/8 letters

Definition of POSITIVE

adjective

Included, present, characterized by affirmation.

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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).

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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 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 95
Its 11 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
33
First board
94
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

POSITIVE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

POSITIFPOSITIFSPOSITINGPOSITIONPOSITIONSPOSITIVERPOSITIVESPOSITIONALPOSITIONEDPOSITIVELYPOSITIVESTPOSITIVISM

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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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