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MODULATIVE
Definition of MODULATIVE
adjective
Causing or relating to modulation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From modulate + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MODULATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MODULATIVE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEILMOTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MODULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MODULATIVE?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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