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ADMIRATIVE
Definition of ADMIRATIVE
adjective
Characterized by admiration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Via French admiratif or directly from its etymon, Medieval Latin admirativus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% 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.
ADMIRATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 78 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADMIRATIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEIIMRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start ADMIRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADMIRATIVE?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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