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LAIR
Definition of LAIR
noun
A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English leir, leire, lair, lare, from Old English leġer (“couch, bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legrą, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,661)
How it is built
Same root, LAIR · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LAIR starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AILR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LAIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found LAIR?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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