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AMATIVE
Definition of AMATIVE
adjective
Pertaining to love; amorous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin amātīvus, from Latin amātus, perfect passive participle of amō (“love”).
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
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMATIVE · 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.
AMATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMATIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEIMTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AMATIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found AMATIVE?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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