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TENTATIVE
Definition of TENTATIVE
noun
A trial; an experiment; an attempt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin tentātīvus (“trying, testing”), from tentō, past participle tentātus (“to try, test”); see tent, tempt.
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.
TENTATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TENTATIVE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEINTTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear 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 TENTAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TENTATIVE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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