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TIDAL
Definition of TIDAL
adjective
Relating to tides.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tide + -al. Probably a hybrid formation within English. Alternatively it might be from an unattested British Medieval Latin *tīdālis, derived from rare tīda, from Old English tīd. The usual Latin word for “tidal” is aestuālis.
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.
TIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TIDAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TIDAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found TIDAL?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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