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LATERAL
Definition of LATERAL
adjective
To the side; of or pertaining to the side. Situated on one side or other of the body or of an organ, especially in the region furthest from the median plane.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin laterālis (“belonging to the side”), from latus (“the side or flank”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LATERAL · 2 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.
LATERAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LATERAL starts with L and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAELLRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and A appear more than once.
Words that start LATERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LATERAL?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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