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LACHRYMAL
Definition of LACHRYMAL
adjective
Connected with weeping or tears.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin lachrymālis, from lachryma (“a tear”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of lacrimal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% 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.
LACHRYMAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LACHRYMAL starts with L and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACHLLMRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and A appear more than once.
Words that start LACHRY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LACHRYMAL?
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