The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PROBATIVE
Definition of PROBATIVE
adjective
Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English probatiffe, from Old French probatif, from Latin probātīvus (“belonging to proof”), from Latin probare (“show, prove, demonstrate”) (See prove). Originally in terme probatiffe (“a period of time assigned for the proving of an allegation”). First attested in the mid-15th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
PROBATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROBATIVE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEIOPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PROBAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found PROBATIVE?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER