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DIAGONAL
Definition of DIAGONAL
adjective
Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).
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.
DIAGONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DIAGONAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AADGILNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears 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 DIAGON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIAGONAL?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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