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AURAL
Definition of AURAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to the ear.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin auralis, from auris (“ear”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AURAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 264 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AURAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALRU - 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 AURAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found AURAL?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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