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DORSAL
Definition of DORSAL
adjective
With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate. Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand. Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English dorsal/dorsale, borrowing from Medieval Latin dorsālis (“of or relating to the back”), from dorsum (“the back”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to dorsum + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DORSAL · 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.
DORSAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 77 boards so far. 271 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DORSAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found DORSAL?
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