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DIPHTHONGAL
Definition of DIPHTHONGAL
adjective
Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From diphthong + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DIPHTHONG · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIPHTHONGAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIPHTHONGAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADGHHILNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start DIPHTHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIPHTHONGAL?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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