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TYPAL

/ˈtaɪp(ə)l/5 letters

Definition of TYPAL

adjective

of, relating to, or being a type; typical

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From type + -al.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-al

Same root, TYPE · 23 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TYPAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 12 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
12
First board
150
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

snowweiss

on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TYPAL
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TYPAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found TYPAL?

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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.

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