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DUNCICAL
Definition of DUNCICAL
adjective
Like a dunce; stupid or silly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dunce + -ical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUNCICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUNCICAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACCDILNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found DUNCICAL?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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