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PREETHICAL
Definition of PREETHICAL
adjective
Prior to the development of a system of ethics.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pre- + ethical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PREETHICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 128, 25 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PREETHICAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHILPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PREETHICAL?
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 125 - and most players walked straight past it.
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