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ANAL
Definition of ANAL
adjective
Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al. Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ANAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ANAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found ANAL?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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