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DUCTAL

/ˈdʌktəl/6 letters

Definition of DUCTAL

adjective

Of, relating to, or originating in a duct.

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Where it comes from

From duct + -al.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DUCTAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 15 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
34
First board
108
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.

Built from these letters

DUCTAL
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DUCTAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDLTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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