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OBLITERATIVE
Definition of OBLITERATIVE
adjective
Tending or serving to obliterate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From obliterate + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OBLITERATE · 3 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.
OBLITERATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBLITERATIVE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEIILORTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, T and E appear more than once.
Words that start OBLITERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OBLITERATIVE?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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