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LOCATIVE

/ˈlɒk.ə.tɪv/8 letters

Definition of LOCATIVE

adjective

Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein.

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Where it comes from

From Latin locātīvus, from locus. In Indian English, by surface analysis, locate + -ive.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

33.2%

of traced words share this origin (10,073)

Italic

branch · 33.2% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ive

Same root, LOCATIVE · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LOCATIVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 155
Its 33 boards, across 155 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
33
Boards found on
40
First board
154
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

9herons

on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LOCATIVE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LOCATIVE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start LOCATI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LOCATIVE?

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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.

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