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INDEXAL
Definition of INDEXAL
adjective
Synonym of indexical.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From index + -al.
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.
INDEXAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INDEXAL starts with I and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEILNX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start INDEXA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INDEXAL?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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