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LACQUER
Definition of LACQUER
noun
A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French lacque (“a sort of sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca, lacca (“gum lac”), from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lac.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (741)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LACQUER · 3 relatives 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.
LACQUER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LACQUER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACELQRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
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 LACQUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found LACQUER?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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