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LAGGARD
Definition of LAGGARD
adjective
Lagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lag + -ard.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LAGGARD · 1 relative 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.
LAGGARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAGGARD starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADGGLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and G appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start LAGGAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAGGARD?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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