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NATIONAL
Definition of NATIONAL
adjective
Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation; the state.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French national, corresponding to nation + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (818)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NATIONAL · 1 relative 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.
NATIONAL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
NATIONAL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAILNNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and A appear more than once.
Words that start NATION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found NATIONAL?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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