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NUMERAL
Definition of NUMERAL
noun
A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
As an adjective, from Middle English numeral, numerall, from Latin numerālis (“pertaining to a number”), from numerus (“a number”). As a noun, via Middle French numeral.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (342)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NUMERAL · 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.
NUMERAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUMERAL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELMNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NUMERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUMERAL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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