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FRONTAL
Definition of FRONTAL
adjective
Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front. Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, from frons (“the forehead, brow, front”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to front + -al; cognate of French frontal. Doublet of frontalis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,282)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRONTAL · 3 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.
FRONTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRONTAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AFLNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRONTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found FRONTAL?
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