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LAGOON
Definition of LAGOON
noun
A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna. Related to Old English lagu via Proto-Indo-European. Doublet of lacuna and lacune.
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.
LAGOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LAGOON starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AGLNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found LAGOON?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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