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IRENICAL
Definition of IRENICAL
adjective
Synonym of irenic (“promoting or fitted to promote peace, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful”).
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Where it comes from
From irenic + -al (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, IRENIC · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IRENICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IRENICAL starts with I and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IRENIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IRENICAL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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