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ADDITIONAL
Definition of ADDITIONAL
adjective
Supplemental or added to something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin additionalis. By surface analysis, addition + -al.
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
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,181)
branch · 32.9% 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.
ADDITIONAL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADDITIONAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AADDIILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, D and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ADDITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADDITIONAL?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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