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DOMINATIVE
Definition of DOMINATIVE
adjective
Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dominate + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
DOMINATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOMINATIVE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEIIMNOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears 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 DOMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DOMINATIVE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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