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TRANSLATIVE
Definition of TRANSLATIVE
adjective
Of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin translativus (“that is to be transferred”). Compare French translatif.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRANSLATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRANSLATIVE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEILNRSTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start TRANSLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRANSLATIVE?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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