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LAGOONS
Definition of LAGOONS
noun
plural of lagoon
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Word DNA
LAGOONS inherits its ancestry from its root, LAGOON.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LAGOON · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAGOONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LAGOONS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGLNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found LAGOONS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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