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COMPENSATIVE
Definition of COMPENSATIVE
adjective
that compensates for something; compensatory
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin compēnsātīvus.
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.
COMPENSATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMPENSATIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIMNOPSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start COMPENSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMPENSATIVE?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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