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TOTAL
Definition of TOTAL
noun
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) + -ālis, the former element of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan touto (“community, city-state”), Umbrian 𐌕𐌏𐌕𐌀𐌌 (totam, “tribe”, acc.), Old English þēod (“a nation, people, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). More at English Dutch, English thede.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOTAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TOTAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOTAL?
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