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DEMONIACAL
Definition of DEMONIACAL
adjective
Pertaining to, characteristic of, or produced by a demon or evil spirit; devilish, demonic, fiendish.
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Where it comes from
From Latin daemoniacus + -al.
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.
DEMONIACAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEMONIACAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACDEILMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DEMONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found DEMONIACAL?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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