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HEGEMONICAL
Definition of HEGEMONICAL
adjective
Leading; controlling; predominant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hegemony + -ical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEGEMONICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEGEMONICAL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGHILMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEGEMON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found HEGEMONICAL?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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