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DUCAL
Definition of DUCAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French ducal, from Latin ducālis. Doublet of dogal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DUCAL · 1 relative 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.
DUCAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 68 boards so far. 409 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DUCAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DUCAL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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