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DURATIONAL
Definition of DURATIONAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to duration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From duration + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DURATION · 2 relatives 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.
DURATIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DURATIONAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AADILNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DURATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found DURATIONAL?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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