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HADAL

/ˈheɪdəl/5 letters

Definition of HADAL

adjective

Of or relating to the deepest parts of the ocean.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From French hadal, from Hadès + -al. By surface analysis, had- + -al.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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 34 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 34 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
34
Boards found on
12
First board
101
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

arya_atharva

on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HADAL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

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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