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AUTHORIAL
Definition of AUTHORIAL
adjective
Of, coming from, or typical of an author
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From author + -ial.
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.
AUTHORIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTHORIAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAHILORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AUTHOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found AUTHORIAL?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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