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ETHEREAL
Definition of ETHEREAL
adjective
Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.
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Where it comes from
From Latin aetherius (“of or pertaining to the ether, the sky, Heaven or the air or upper air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθέριος (aithérios, “of or pertaining to the upper air”). By surface analysis, ether + -ial.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ETHEREAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETHEREAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEEEHLRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ETHERE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ETHEREAL?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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