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ANCESTORIAL
Definition of ANCESTORIAL
adjective
Ancestral.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ancestor + -ial.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ANCESTOR · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANCESTORIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANCESTORIAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACEILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
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 ANCESTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ANCESTORIAL?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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