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REMEDIAL
Definition of REMEDIAL
adjective
curative; providing a remedy
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al.
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.
REMEDIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REMEDIAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 REMEDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found REMEDIAL?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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