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FRACTIONAL
Definition of FRACTIONAL
adjective
Pertaining to a fraction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fraction + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
FRACTIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 133 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRACTIONAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACFILNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FRACTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FRACTIONAL?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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