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EMULATIVE
Definition of EMULATIVE
adjective
Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1593; borrowed from New Latin emulatīvus, by surface analysis, emulate + -ive.
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.
EMULATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMULATIVE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEILMTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EMULAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMULATIVE?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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