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ADJUNCTIVE
Definition of ADJUNCTIVE
adjective
Forming an adjunct. Forming a noun adjunct.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From adjunct + -ive.
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.
ADJUNCTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADJUNCTIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIJNTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ADJUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ADJUNCTIVE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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