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NARWAL
Definition of NARWAL
noun
Archaic form of narwhal.
noun
An Arctic toothed whale (Monodon monoceros) that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed cuspid that projects forward.
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Word DNA
NARWAL inherits its ancestry from its root, NARWHAL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (830)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NARWHAL · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NARWAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NARWAL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALNRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found NARWAL?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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