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PEJORATIVE
Definition of PEJORATIVE
adjective
Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
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Where it comes from
From Late Latin peiōrātus (“worsened”, past participle of peiōrāre (“worsen”), from Latin peior (“worse”)) + -ive. Compare French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”). By surface analysis, pejorate + -ive.
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.
PEJORATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PEJORATIVE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEIJOPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PEJORA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found PEJORATIVE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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