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LABRADOR
Definition of LABRADOR
noun
A Labrador retriever.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after Labrador Peninsula in Canada where the breed was developed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LABRADOR · 1 relative 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.
LABRADOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LABRADOR starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AABDLORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LABRAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LABRADOR?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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