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REAL
Definition of REAL
adjective
True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English real, from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs (“matter, thing”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Doublet of realis.
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.
REAL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
REAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REAL?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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