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DEMONICAL
Definition of DEMONICAL
adjective
Alternative form of daemonical.
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Where it comes from
From demon + -ical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
DEMONICAL in a sentence
“After I started the book, I discovered that Freud had even written an essay called "A Neurosis of Demonical Possession," in which he says that "the demonical possessions of yesteryear are just misdiagnosed cases of hysteria."”
Benyamin Cohen: An Interview With Novelist Joseph Skibell, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEMONICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEMONICAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEMONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found DEMONICAL?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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