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RELATIVE
Definition of RELATIVE
adjective
Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”). By surface analysis, relate + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RELATIVE · 1 relative 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.
RELATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RELATIVE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEILRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RELATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RELATIVE?
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