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LAPIDEOUS
Definition of LAPIDEOUS
adjective
Of the nature of stone; stony.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin lapideus, from lapis (“stone”).
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.
LAPIDEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAPIDEOUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEILOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found LAPIDEOUS?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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