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LAMINAR
Definition of LAMINAR
adjective
Of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”) + English -ar.
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.
LAMINAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAMINAR starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAILMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LAMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found LAMINAR?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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