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FORAMINAL
Definition of FORAMINAL
adjective
Relating to the foramen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oblique stem of Latin forāmen, forāminis (“opening, aperature, hole”) + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORAMINAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FORAMINAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAFILMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FORAMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found FORAMINAL?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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