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ETHNICAL
Definition of ETHNICAL
adjective
Ethnic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ethnicalle, from Late Latin ethnicālis.
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.
ETHNICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 66, 25 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETHNICAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ETHNIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found ETHNICAL?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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