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LANGOUSTE
Definition of LANGOUSTE
noun
The spiny lobster
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French langouste. Doublet of locust.
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.
LANGOUSTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LANGOUSTE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGLNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LANGOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LANGOUSTE?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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