The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LACQUERINGS
Definition of LACQUERINGS
noun
plural of lacquering
LACQUER · via lacquering
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.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LACQUERINGS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 6 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 59, 18 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 97 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LACQUERINGS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGILNQRSU - 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.
Words that start LACQUER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found LACQUERINGS?
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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