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COMPULSIVE
Definition of COMPULSIVE
adjective
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French compulsif, formed from Latin compulsus, past participle of compellere (“to compel”), from com- (“together”) + pellere (“to drive”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMPULSIVE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COMPULSIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
COMPULSIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEILMOPSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COMPUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found COMPULSIVE?
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