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SOCIETAL
Definition of SOCIETAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From society + -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.
SOCIETAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SOCIETAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEILOST - 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 SOCIET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found SOCIETAL?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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