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PURGATIVES
Definition of PURGATIVES
noun
plural of purgative
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Another sense
PURGATIVES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of purgative.
Word DNA
PURGATIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, PURGATIVE.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (828)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PURGATIVE · 2 relatives in the game
PURGATIVES in a sentence
“The intake of medicine figured into the category of food and drink, bleeding and purgatives were an important element of bodily evacuations, and much attention was given to the type of environment or air best suited for curing ailments.”
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico, 2008
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PURGATIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURGATIVES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGIPRSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PURGAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found PURGATIVES?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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