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ARCHDUCAL
Definition of ARCHDUCAL
adjective
Pertaining to an archduke or archduchess.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier archiducal, from French archiducal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,886)
branch · 15.2% of traced words
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.
ARCHDUCAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARCHDUCAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACCDHLRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and C appear more than once.
Words that start ARCHDU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARCHDUCAL?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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