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ACROSTICAL
Definition of ACROSTICAL
adjective
Like an acrostic.
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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.
ACROSTICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
ACROSTICAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACCILORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and C appear more than once.
Words that start ACROST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACROSTICAL?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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