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THERIACAL
Definition of THERIACAL
adjective
Of or relating to theriac; medicinal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From theriac + -al.
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.
THERIACAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THERIACAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACEHILRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start THERIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THERIACAL?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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