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LAST
Definition of LAST
adjective
Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English laste, latst, syncopated variant of latest, both ultimately from Old English latost. Doublet of latest.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,129)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LAST · 3 relatives 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.
LAST in OUTLIER
It has fitted 63 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LAST starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ALST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LAST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found LAST?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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