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SUPERFICIAL
Definition of SUPERFICIAL
adjective
Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowing from Late Latin superficiālis (“of or belonging to the surface”), from superficiēs (“top, surface”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
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.
SUPERFICIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SUPERFICIAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIILPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SUPERFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SUPERFICIAL?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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