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AZIMUTHAL
Definition of AZIMUTHAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From azimuth + -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.
AZIMUTHAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AZIMUTHAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAHILMTUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start AZIMUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found AZIMUTHAL?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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