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COMPARATIVE
Definition of COMPARATIVE
adjective
Of or relating to comparison.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English comparatif, from Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus, equivalent to comparātus, from comparāre (“to compare”) + -ive, from Latin -īvus.
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.
COMPARATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMPARATIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEIMOPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start COMPARA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found COMPARATIVE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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