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ENGLACIAL
Definition of ENGLACIAL
adjective
Occurring or located within a glacier
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From en- + glacial.
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.
ENGLACIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENGLACIAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACEGILLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and A appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ENGLAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENGLACIAL?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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