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TROPICAL
Definition of TROPICAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
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Where it comes from
From tropic + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TROPIC · 10 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.
TROPICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 244 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TROPICAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACILOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TROPIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
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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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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