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EFFECTUAL
Definition of EFFECTUAL
adjective
Producing the intended result; entirely adequate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English effectual, effectuel, from Old French effectuel, from Late Latin effectualis.
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.
EFFECTUAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EFFECTUAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFFLTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start EFFECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EFFECTUAL?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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