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AFFECTIVE
Definition of AFFECTIVE
adjective
Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus, past participle of afficere (“to affect”). By surface analysis, affect + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AFFECTIVE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AFFECTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AFFECTIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFFITV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start AFFECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AFFECTIVE?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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