The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LAKES
Definition of LAKES
noun
plural of lake
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 40, 29 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 62 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LAKES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEKLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LAKES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found LAKES?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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