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ROYAL
Definition of ROYAL
adjective
Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English royal, from Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin rēgālis, from rēx (“king”). Doublet of regal (“befitting a king”), real (“unit of currency”), ariary, and riyal. Cognate with Spanish real, Italian reale, Catalan reial. Displaced native Old English cynelīċ.
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.
ROYAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROYAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ROYAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found ROYAL?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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