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LAKIN
Definition of LAKIN
noun
A toy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from Old Norse leika.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 77, 5 August 2026.
Built from these letters
LAKIN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LAKIN?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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