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COPULATIVES
Definition of COPULATIVES
noun
plural of copulative
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Word DNA
COPULATIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, COPULATIVE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COPULATIVE · 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.
COPULATIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
COPULATIVES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEILOPSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COPULAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found COPULATIVES?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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