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OPTICAL
Definition of OPTICAL
adjective
Of or relating to sight; visual.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From optic + -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.
OPTICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OPTICAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACILOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OPTICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPTICAL?
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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