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COMEDIAL
Definition of COMEDIAL
adjective
Of or relating to a comedy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin cōmoedia + -al. By surface analysis, comedy + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
COMEDIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 175, 11 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMEDIAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COMEDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMEDIAL?
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 175 - and most players walked straight past it.
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