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LAOGAI
Definition of LAOGAI
noun
The use of prison labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of China.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 勞改／劳改 (láogǎi, literally “labour rehabilitation”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Mandarin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
42nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (36)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAOGAI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 129, 26 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAOGAI starts with L and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AAGILO - 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 LAOGAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAOGAI?
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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
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