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AUGMENTATIVE
Definition of AUGMENTATIVE
adjective
That which augments.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English augmentatif, from Middle French augmentatif and its etymon Latin augmentātīvus, from augmentō. By surface analysis, augment + -ative.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% 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.
AUGMENTATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUGMENTATIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEGIMNTTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, E and T appear more than once.
Words that start AUGMENTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUGMENTATIVE?
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