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GENOCIDAL
Definition of GENOCIDAL
adjective
Causative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From genocide + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GENOCIDE · 2 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.
GENOCIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GENOCIDAL starts with G and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGILNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 GENOCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found GENOCIDAL?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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