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SUMMATIVE

/ˈsʌm.ə.tɪv/9 letters

Definition of SUMMATIVE

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation. Synonym of additive. Synonym of summary (adjective).

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Where it comes from

From sum + -ative.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ative

Same root, SUM · 8 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SUMMATIVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
167
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

starlingfeather

on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SUMMATIVE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SUMMATIVE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIMMSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SUMMAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SUMMATSUMMATESUMMATSSUMMATEDSUMMATESSUMMATINGSUMMATIONSUMMATIONSSUMMATIONAL

Could you have found SUMMATIVE?

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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.

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