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AESTIVAL
Definition of AESTIVAL
adjective
Alternative spelling of estival.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
AESTIVAL carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Of or belonging to the summer.
“æstival diseases”
adjective
Of or relating to summer.
adjective
Coming forth in the summer.
adjective
(rare) of or occurring in summer
“estival winds”
Where it comes from
From Latin aestivalis.
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%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
AESTIVAL in a sentence
“Voltinism induction aestival diapause Colorado potato beetle,”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AESTIVAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AESTIVAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAEILSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of AESTIVAL. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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 AESTIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found AESTIVAL?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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