The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LANUGO
Definition of LANUGO
noun
Soft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin lānūgō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LANUGO · 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.
LANUGO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LANUGO starts with L and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AGLNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found LANUGO?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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