The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POSITIONAL
Definition of POSITIONAL
adjective
Relating to the position of something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From position + -al.
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.
POSITIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
POSITIONAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AIILNOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
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 POSITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found POSITIONAL?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER