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TRACTIONAL
Definition of TRACTIONAL
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or caused by traction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From traction + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TRACTION · 3 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.
TRACTIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
TRACTIONAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILNORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start TRACTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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