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PRINCIPAL
Definition of PRINCIPAL
adjective
Primary; most important; first level in importance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin prīncipālis.
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.
PRINCIPAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PRINCIPAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACIILNPPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and I appear more than once.
Words that start PRINCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRINCIPAL?
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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