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LAGENA
Definition of LAGENA
noun
The upper part of the cochlear duct.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin lagēna (“flagon; large flask”), from Ancient Greek λάγηνος (lágēnos, “flask, pitcher”). alternative form of λᾰ́γῡνος (lắgūnos)
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.
LAGENA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAGENA starts with L and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEGLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LAGENA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAGENA?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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