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PIRATICAL
Definition of PIRATICAL
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pīrāticus + -al, from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτικός (peirātikós); equivalent to pirate + -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.
PIRATICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 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 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PIRATICAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACIILPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and A appear more than once.
Words that start PIRATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PIRATICAL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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