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EXPLICATIVE
Definition of EXPLICATIVE
adjective
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin explicātīvus, from explicō (“to unfold, open out”).
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.
EXPLICATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPLICATIVE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIILPTVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXPLICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found EXPLICATIVE?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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