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DESTRUCTIVE
Definition of DESTRUCTIVE
adjective
Causing destruction; damaging.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English destructyve, from Middle French destructif, from Latin dēstrūctīvus, from past participle of dēstruere (“to tear down, destroy”) + -īvus.
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.
DESTRUCTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESTRUCTIVE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIRSTTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start DESTRUC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESTRUCTIVE?
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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