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EXTEMPORAL
Definition of EXTEMPORAL
adjective
Extemporaneous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
EXTEMPORAL carries 2 further meanings.
Extemporary; extemporaneous.
adjective
Extemporaneous; unpremeditated.
Where it comes from
From Latin extemporāl(is) (“extemporary, unrehearsed”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
EXTEMPORAL in a sentence
“Sir Nathaniel, will you hear an extemporal epitaph on the death of the deer?”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXTEMPORAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXTEMPORAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEELMOPRTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of EXTEMPORAL. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start EXTEMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXTEMPORAL?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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