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EXTERNAL
Definition of EXTERNAL
adjective
Outside of something; on the exterior.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin externus (“outward, external”), from exter/exterus (“on the outside, outward”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXTERNAL · 2 relatives 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.
EXTERNAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXTERNAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEELNRTX - 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 start EXTERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXTERNAL?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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