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MAGISTRAL
Definition of MAGISTRAL
adjective
Of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French magistral, from Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master, teacher”) + -ālis. Doublet of mistral.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% 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.
MAGISTRAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAGISTRAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAGILMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MAGIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found MAGISTRAL?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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