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FACTIONAL
Definition of FACTIONAL
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or composed of factions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From faction + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FACTION · 9 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.
FACTIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FACTIONAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACFILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FACTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found FACTIONAL?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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