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DOTAL
Definition of DOTAL
adjective
Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting or comprised in dower.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin dotalis, from dos, dotis (“dowry”). Compare French dotal. See dot (“dowry”).
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.
DOTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DOTAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADLOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DOTAL?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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