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NATURAL
Definition of NATURAL
adjective
Existing in nature. Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English natural, borrowed from Old French natural, naturel, from Latin nātūrālis, from nātus, the perfect participle of nāscor (“be born”, verb). Displaced native Old English ġecynde. By surface analysis, natur(e) + -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.
NATURAL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 79 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 1, 22 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NATURAL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start NATURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found NATURAL?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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