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COMBINATIVE
Definition of COMBINATIVE
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From combination + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
COMBINATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 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
COMBINATIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEIIMNOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start COMBINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found COMBINATIVE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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