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SUBJUNCTIVE
Definition of SUBJUNCTIVE
adjective
Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
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Where it comes from
From Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join, yoke”). See join.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBJUNCTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBJUNCTIVE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEIJNSTUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SUBJUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found SUBJUNCTIVE?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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