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ALAND
Definition of ALAND
adverb
On dry land, as opposed to in the water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English aland, alond, alonde, o lande, from Old English on lande (“on land”), equivalent to a- + land.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALAND starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ALAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALAND?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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