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CUMULATIVE
Definition of CUMULATIVE
adjective
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cumulate + -ive. Compare also French cumulatif, Italian cumulativo and Spanish cumulativo.
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.
CUMULATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUMULATIVE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILMTUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start CUMULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CUMULATIVE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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