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DEMONSTRATIVE

/dɪˈmɒn.stɹə.tɪv/13 letters

Definition of DEMONSTRATIVE

adjective

That serves to demonstrate, show or prove.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif, from Latin dēmōnstrātīvus. Equivalent to demonstrate + -ive.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (26,450)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound-ive

Same root, DEMONSTRATIVE · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DEMONSTRATIVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 177
Its 3 boards, across 177 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
106
First board
173
Latest board
61
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

zig

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEMONSTRATIVE
13
Letters
5
Vowels
8
Consonants
11
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DEMONSTRATIVE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIMNORSTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.

Words that start DEMONSTRA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DEMONSTRATEDEMONSTRABLEDEMONSTRABLYDEMONSTRATEDDEMONSTRATESDEMONSTRATORDEMONSTRATINGDEMONSTRATIONDEMONSTRATORSDEMONSTRATIONSDEMONSTRATIVESDEMONSTRABILITY

Could you have found DEMONSTRATIVE?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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