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STRATAL
Definition of STRATAL
adjective
of or pertaining to a stratum
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stratum + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, STRATUM · 4 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.
STRATAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRATAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start STRATA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRATAL?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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