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POUNDAL
Definition of POUNDAL
noun
A unit equal to the force needed to accelerate a mass of one pound at a rate of one foot per second per second.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pound + -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.
POUNDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POUNDAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADLNOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POUNDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found POUNDAL?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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