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DEFUNCTIVE
Definition of DEFUNCTIVE
adjective
funereal or deathly
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin defunctivus, from dēfūnctiō (“execution, performance, death”), from dēfungor (“to finish, perform, die”).
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.
DEFUNCTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 88, 16 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DEFUNCTIVE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEFINTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEFUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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