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ORNAMENTAL
Definition of ORNAMENTAL
adjective
Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ornament + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ORNAMENT · 4 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.
ORNAMENTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ORNAMENTAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAELMNNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and A appear more than once.
Words that start ORNAME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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