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REPULSIVE
Definition of REPULSIVE
adjective
Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus. By surface analysis, repuls(e) + -ive. Compare typologically Polish odpychający (< pchnąć), Russian отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) (< толкну́ть (tolknútʹ)).
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Polish, Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REPULSIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REPULSIVE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEILPRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REPULS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found REPULSIVE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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