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ATYPICAL
Definition of ATYPICAL
adjective
Not conforming to the normal type.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a- + typical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
ATYPICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 254 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATYPICAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ATYPIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found ATYPICAL?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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