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DEPOSITIONAL
Definition of DEPOSITIONAL
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a deposit or a deposition.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From deposition + -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.
DEPOSITIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEPOSITIONAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEIILNOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEPOSITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found DEPOSITIONAL?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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