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LANAI
Definition of LANAI
noun
A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hawaiian lānai.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hawaiian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
46th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (49)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LANAI · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LANAI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 122 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LANAI starts with L and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AAILN - 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.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found LANAI?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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