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LARCENY
Definition of LARCENY
noun
The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined in Middle English (as larceni) between 1425 and 1475 from Anglo-Norman larcin (“theft”), from Latin latrocinium (“robbery”), from latro (“robber, mercenary”), from Ancient Greek λάτρον (látron, “pay, hire”). Doublet of latrociny.
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.
LARCENY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LARCENY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACELNRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LARCEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found LARCENY?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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