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RHETORICAL
Definition of RHETORICAL
adjective
Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English rethorycal, rethoricalle, rethorycall, from rethorik, rhetoric (noun) or Latin rēthoricus, rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speaking”). By surface analysis, rhetoric + -al.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RHETORICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RHETORICAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start RHETOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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