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CARDINAL
Definition of CARDINAL
adjective
Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from cardin-, cardō (“hinge”) + -ālis, adjectival suffix.
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.
CARDINAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 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 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CARDINAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACDILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CARDIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found CARDINAL?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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