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HEROICAL
Definition of HEROICAL
adjective
Heroic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English heroicalle, from Latin hērōicus + -al. By surface analysis, hero + -ical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% 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.
HEROICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEROICAL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HEROIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found HEROICAL?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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