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EMBRYONICAL
Definition of EMBRYONICAL
adjective
embryonic
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From embryonic + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EMBRYONIC · 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.
EMBRYONICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBRYONICAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABCEILMNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EMBRYON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMBRYONICAL?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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