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SEPTIMAL
Definition of SEPTIMAL
adjective
Relating to the number seven.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From both Latin septimus + -al and By surface analysis, sept- + -ime + -al.
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.
SEPTIMAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SEPTIMAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEILMPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEPTIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEPTIMAL?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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