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PEDANTICAL
Definition of PEDANTICAL
adjective
Pedantic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pedant + -ical.
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.
PEDANTICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PEDANTICAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACDEILNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PEDANT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PEDANTICAL?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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