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AORTAL
Definition of AORTAL
adjective
Of or relating to the aorta.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
AORTAL carries 2 further meanings.
Same as aortic.
adjective
of or pertaining to the aorta.
Where it comes from
From aorta + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
AORTAL in a sentence
“My aortal anneurism was NOT “my own fault”, despite the fact that every picture of me on the internet shows me as overweight and smoking a cigarette.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AORTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AORTAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of AORTAL. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found AORTAL?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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