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POETICALS
Definition of POETICALS
Wiktionary has no entry for POETICALS itself. This is its base word, POETICAL.
adjective
Synonym of poetic.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for POETICAL.
From Middle English poetical, possibly equivalent to poet + -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.
POETICALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POETICALS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEILOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start POETIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POETICALS?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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