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LACEWOODS
Definition of LACEWOODS
Wiktionary has no entry for LACEWOODS itself. This is its base word, LACEWOOD.
noun
Any of several types of wood with a coarse texture, but especially that from several varieties of sycamore.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for LACEWOOD.
From lace + wood.
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.
LACEWOODS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LACEWOODS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDELOOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start LACEWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LACEWOODS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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