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EXPULSIVE
Definition of EXPULSIVE
adjective
Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
EXPULSIVE carries 2 further meanings.
Serving to expel; having the power of driving out or away.
adjective
Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.
Where it comes from
From Latin expulsīvus. By surface analysis, expulse + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
EXPULSIVE in a sentence
“" Instead of teaching women to " push, " Ms. Mongan says, she teaches them to use the " natural expulsive reflex " and " birth breathing.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXPULSIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 330 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 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
EXPULSIVE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEILPSUVX - 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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of EXPULSIVE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start EXPULS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPULSIVE?
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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