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DUAL
Definition of DUAL
adjective
Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin dualis (“two”), from duo (“two”) + adjective suffix -alis.
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.
DUAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DUAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DUAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found DUAL?
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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