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THYROIDAL
Definition of THYROIDAL
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or affecting the thyroid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
THYROIDAL carries 2 further meanings.
Same as thyroid.
adjective
of or relating to the thyroid gland
“thyroidal uptake”
Where it comes from
From thyroid + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, THYROID · 6 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.
THYROIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THYROIDAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADHILORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THYROI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found THYROIDAL?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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