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SUBLATIVE
Definition of SUBLATIVE
noun
A case of nouns in Finno-Ugric languages used to express the destination of movement, originally onto the surface of something (e.g. climb onto a tree), and, by extension, in other figurative meanings as well (e.g. to university, or about (a subject)).
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin sublātīvus, from tollere (“to lift up, to elevate; to abolish”) + -īvus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
SUBLATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBLATIVE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEILSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SUBLAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBLATIVE?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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