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EXPLICATIVES
Definition of EXPLICATIVES
noun
plural of explicative
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Word DNA
EXPLICATIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, EXPLICATIVE.
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 (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXPLICATIVE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXPLICATIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 174, 10 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPLICATIVES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIILPSTVX - 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 EXPLICAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPLICATIVES?
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 174 - and most players walked straight past it.
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