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CEREMONIAL
Definition of CEREMONIAL
adjective
Of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cerymonial, from Latin caerimōniālis. Morphologically ceremony + -al or -ial.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CEREMONIAL · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CEREMONIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CEREMONIAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CEREMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CEREMONIAL?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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