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GENERAL
Definition of GENERAL
adjective
Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GENERAL · 1 relative 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.
GENERAL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 67 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GENERAL starts with G and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GENERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found GENERAL?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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