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ALDERMANIC
Definition of ALDERMANIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to an alderman (“member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town”) or group of aldermen.
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Where it comes from
From alderman + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Piecewise doublet of ealdormanic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
ALDERMANIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
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Built from these letters
ALDERMANIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACDEILMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ALDERM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALDERMANIC?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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