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LAICS

5 letters

Definition of LAICS

noun

plural of laic

LAIC

noun

A layperson as opposed to a cleric, i.e. not a member of the clergy.

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Word DNA

LAICS inherits its ancestry from its root, LAIC.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. French
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,240)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, LAIC · 5 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LAICS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 165
Its 20 boards, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
20
Boards found on
53
First board
165
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 53, 12 July 2026.

Built from these letters

LAICS
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

LAICS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACILS - 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.

Could you have found LAICS?

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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.

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