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SECTARIAL

/sɛkˈtɛəɹi.əl/9 letters

Definition of SECTARIAL

adjective

Synonym of sectarian.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective4 syllables

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Rarity score
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Tier
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SECTARIAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 160
Its one board, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
155
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

strobus

on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SECTARIAL
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SECTARIAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACEILRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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 SECTAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SECTARYSECTARIANSECTARIESSECTARIANSSECTARIANISMSECTARIANIZESECTARIANISMSSECTARIANIZEDSECTARIANIZESSECTARIANIZING

Could you have found SECTARIAL?

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