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PREDICTIVE
Definition of PREDICTIVE
adjective
Useful in predicting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin praedictivus, from praedico. Equivalent to predict + -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.
PREDICTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PREDICTIVE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIIPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start PREDIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PREDICTIVE?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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