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THEATRICAL
Definition of THEATRICAL
adjective
Of or relating to the theatre.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin theātricus + -al. By surface analysis, theatre + -ical.
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.
THEATRICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 119 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
THEATRICAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACEHILRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start THEATR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
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