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GERMINATIVE
Definition of GERMINATIVE
adjective
Of or pertaining to germination
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From germinate + -ive. From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ate, from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”).
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.
GERMINATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
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
GERMINATIVE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGIIMNRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start GERMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GERMINATIVE?
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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