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EXPANSIVE
Definition of EXPANSIVE
adjective
Comprehensive in scope or extent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin expāns-, past-participle stem of expandere (“to spread out”; see expand) + -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.
EXPANSIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPANSIVE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEINPSVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXPANS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPANSIVE?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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