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LAPIDESCENT

/ˌlæpɪˈdɛsənt/11 letters

Definition of LAPIDESCENT

adjective

Capable of petrifying other bodies.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin lapidēscēns, present participle of lapidēscō (“to petrify”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LAPIDESCENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 3 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
29
First board
75
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 75, 3 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.

First ever to find it

aki

on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LAPIDESCENT
11
Letters
4
Vowels
7
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LAPIDESCENT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEILNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start LAPIDES

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LAPIDESCENT?

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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.

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