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HADAL
Definition of HADAL
adjective
Of or relating to the deepest parts of the ocean.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
HADAL carries 2 further meanings.
adjective
Of or relating to the deepest regions of the ocean, below about 6,000 meters (20,000 feet).
adjective
relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters)
Where it comes from
From French hadal, from Hadès + -al. By surface analysis, had- + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,103)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HADAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 87 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HADAL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AADHL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found HADAL?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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