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LAGUNE
Definition of LAGUNE
noun
Dated spelling of lagoon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French lagune, from Venetan laguna, from Latin lacūna.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LAGUNE · 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.
LAGUNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
LAGUNE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found LAGUNE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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