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RADICLE
Definition of RADICLE
noun
The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the root of the embryo.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin rādīcula, from rādīc- (“root”) + -ula (“diminutive”). Doublet of radicula and radicel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RADICLE · 1 relative 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.
RADICLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RADICLE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found RADICLE?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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