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VIVE

/vaɪv/4 letters

Definition of VIVE

adjective

lively, animated

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin vivus. Compare French vif. See vivid.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33%

of traced words share this origin (9,487)

Italic

branch · 33% of traced words

How it is built

adjective1 syllable

Same root, VIVE · 1 relative in the game

Its etymology also names French.

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VIVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 144
Its one board, across 144 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
132
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

salesperson

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VIVE
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VIVE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIVV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. V appears more than once.

Words that start VIVE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

VIVERVIVESVIVELYVIVERSVIVENCYVIVERRAVIVERRASVIVERRIDVIVENCIESVIVERRIDSVIVERRINEVIVERRINES

Could you have found VIVE?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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