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DISTAL
Definition of DISTAL
adjective
Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From distant + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DISTANT · 2 relatives 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.
DISTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 93 boards so far. 342 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISTAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADILST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found DISTAL?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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