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MAGICAL
Definition of MAGICAL
adjective
Of, relating to, or by means of magic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From magic + -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.
MAGICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 139 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAGICAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACGILM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MAGICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found MAGICAL?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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