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DISCRETIVE
Definition of DISCRETIVE
adjective
Marking distinction or separation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Late Latin discrētīvus. See discrete.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISCRETIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 65 days.
Built from these letters
DISCRETIVE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIIRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DISCRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISCRETIVE?
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