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SERMONICAL
Definition of SERMONICAL
adjective
Synonym of sermonic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sermon + -ical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SERMONICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 105, 2 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SERMONICAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEILMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SERMON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SERMONICAL?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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