The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LACERATIONS
Definition of LACERATIONS
noun
plural of laceration
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LACERATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LACERATIONS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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.
Words that start LACERAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LACERATIONS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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