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REDUCTIONAL
Definition of REDUCTIONAL
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or producing reduction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From reduction + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, REDUCTION · 4 relatives 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.
REDUCTIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REDUCTIONAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REDUCTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found REDUCTIONAL?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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