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OPERATIONAL
Definition of OPERATIONAL
adjective
Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From operation + -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.
OPERATIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPERATIONAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAEILNOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and A appear more than once.
Words that start OPERATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found OPERATIONAL?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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