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LANDAU
Definition of LANDAU
noun
A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after the German city of Landau, where such carriages were first made. Compare German Landauer.
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.
LANDAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LANDAU starts with L and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AADLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start LANDAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found LANDAU?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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