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ORDEALS
Definition of ORDEALS
noun
plural of ordeal
noun
A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
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Word DNA
ORDEALS inherits its ancestry from its root, ORDEAL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (889)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORDEAL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORDEALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORDEALS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADELORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ORDEALS?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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