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COMBATIVE
Definition of COMBATIVE
adjective
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From combat + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COMBATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMBATIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEIMOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COMBAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMBATIVE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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