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ARCHETYPAL
Definition of ARCHETYPAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From archetype + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ARCHETYPE · 6 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.
ARCHETYPAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARCHETYPAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACEHLPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ARCHET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
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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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