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RUMINATIVE
Definition of RUMINATIVE
adjective
Causing rumination or prone to it; thoughtful.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ruminate + -ive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
RUMINATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUMINATIVE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIIMNRTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start RUMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUMINATIVE?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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