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GENETICAL

/d͡ʒəˈnɛtɪkəl/9 letters

Definition of GENETICAL

adjective

Relating to genesis or origin; genetic.

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Where it comes from

From genetic + -al.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound-al

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

GENETICAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 154
Its 28 boards, across 154 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
28
Boards found on
14
First board
142
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.

Built from these letters

GENETICAL
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start GENETI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GENETICAL?

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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.

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