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FUNEREAL

/fjuːˈnɪəɹɪ.əl/8 letters

Definition of FUNEREAL

adjective

Of or relating to a funeral.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus + -al.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,711)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound-al

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FUNEREAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 285 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 61 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
61
Boards found on
25
First board
149
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

6c1

on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FUNEREAL
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FUNEREAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEEFLNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start FUNERE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FUNEREAL?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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