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DOCTORAL
Definition of DOCTORAL
adjective
Relating to a doctorate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From doctor + -al, probably modelled on Latin doctorālis.
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.
DOCTORAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
DOCTORAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDLOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DOCTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found DOCTORAL?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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