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ADSORPTIVE
Definition of ADSORPTIVE
adjective
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
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Word DNA
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.
ADSORPTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADSORPTIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEIOPRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ADSORP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found ADSORPTIVE?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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