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AXIAL
Definition of AXIAL
adjective
Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From axis + -al.
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.
AXIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 439 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AXIAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAILX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start AXIAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found AXIAL?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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