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POLEMICAL
Definition of POLEMICAL
adjective
Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic. Being an attempt to evaluate the arguments comprehensively. Prone to causing disputes; inclined to causing the expression of opposing opinions, disputatious, contentious, edgy.
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Where it comes from
From polemic + -al. By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -al.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, POLEMIC · 6 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.
POLEMICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLEMICAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEILLMOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start POLEMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLEMICAL?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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