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GRAIL
Definition of GRAIL
noun
The Holy Grail.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English graal, greal, from Old French graal, greal (“cup”), from Medieval Latin gradalis, possibly corrupted over time from Latin crater (“bowl”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRAIL · 5 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.
GRAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 133 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GRAIL starts with G and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AGILR - 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.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found GRAIL?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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