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ADVENTIVE

/ədˈvɛntɪv/9 letters

Definition of ADVENTIVE

adjective

Accidental.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin adventīvus, from adveniō (“to come (to)”) + -īvus (verbal-adjective suffix).

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

32.5%

of traced words share this origin (8,629)

Italic

branch · 32.5% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound

Same root, ADVENTIVE · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ADVENTIVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 132
Its one board, across 132 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
132
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

azdesertarcher

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

Built from these letters

ADVENTIVE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ADVENTIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEINTVV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. V and E appear more than once.

Words that start ADVENT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ADVENTADVENTSADVENTUREADVENTITIAADVENTIVESADVENTUREDADVENTURERADVENTURESADVENTITIALADVENTITIASADVENTURERSADVENTURESS

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