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DIRECTORIAL
Definition of DIRECTORIAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a director
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin dīrēctōrius + -al. By surface analysis, director + -ial.
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.
DIRECTORIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIRECTORIAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIILORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and R appear more than once.
Words that start DIRECTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIRECTORIAL?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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