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RESIDUAL
Definition of RESIDUAL
adjective
Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Recorded since 1570. From residue, itself borrowed during the Middle English period from Old French residu (Modern French résidu), from Latin residuum (“a remainder”), the neuter inflection of residuus (“remaining, left over”), perfect participle of resideō (“to remain behind”), from re- (“back, again”) + sedeō (“to sit, to reside”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RESIDUAL · 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.
RESIDUAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 140 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RESIDUAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEILRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RESIDU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found RESIDUAL?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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