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AUSTRAL
Definition of AUSTRAL
adjective
Of, relating to, or coming from the south.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin australis (“southern”).
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.
AUSTRAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUSTRAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AUSTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found AUSTRAL?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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