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INDICATIVE
Definition of INDICATIVE
adjective
Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicātīvus. By surface analysis, indicate + -ive.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INDICATIVE · 2 relatives 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.
INDICATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 169, 5 November 2026.
Built from these letters
INDICATIVE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIIINTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start INDICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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