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LABURNUM
Definition of LABURNUM
noun
Any tree of the genus Laburnum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin laburnum.
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.
LABURNUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LABURNUM starts with L and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABLMNRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears 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.
Could you have found LABURNUM?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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