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SECTORAL
Definition of SECTORAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a sector (all senses).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sector + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SECTOR · 6 relatives 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.
SECTORAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SECTORAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACELORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SECTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found SECTORAL?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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