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DICTATORIAL
Definition of DICTATORIAL
adjective
of or pertaining to a dictator
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dictator + -ial.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
DICTATORIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DICTATORIAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACDIILORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, T and A appear more than once.
Words that start DICTATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DICTATORIAL?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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