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NEOTERICALS
Definition of NEOTERICALS
Wiktionary has no entry for NEOTERICALS itself. This is its base word, NEOTERICAL.
adjective
Alternative form of neoteric.
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Word DNA
NEOTERICALS inherits its ancestry from its root, NEOTERIC.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NEOTERIC · 3 relatives 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.
NEOTERICALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 131 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEOTERICALS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NEOTERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found NEOTERICALS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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