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TYPICAL
Definition of TYPICAL
adjective
Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
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Where it comes from
From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical”), from Ancient Greek τυπικός (tupikós, “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”), from τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), equivalent to typic + -al and type + -ical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TYPICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TYPICAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACILPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TYPICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found TYPICAL?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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