DOMINICAL

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English dominical (“(adjective) of or pertaining to the Lord’s day or Sunday; (noun) a book containing the liturgy for Sunday (?)”), borrowed from Medieval Latin dominicālis (“of or pertaining to Sunday, dominical”), from Latin dominicus (“of or belonging to a lord or master; (Ecclesiastical Latin) God’s, the Lord’s”) (compare diēs Dominicus (“the day of the Lord, Sunday”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship). Dominicus is derived from dominus (“lord, master”) (used in Latin versions of the Bible to translate titles of the God of the Hebrew Tanakh and Greek New Testament; probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to arrange, put together; to build (up)”)) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Adjective senses 3.1 (“of printed text: in a large size”) and 3.2 (“red, ruddy”) refer to the practice of printing dominical letters in a large size, or in red.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

DOMINICAL 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 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

DOMINICAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDIILMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start DOMINI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Also seen on Day 7