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LASTAGE
Definition of LASTAGE
noun
A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lestage (“ballasting”), from lest (“ballast”), or Latin lastagium, lestagium. See last (“a load”).
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.
LASTAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LASTAGE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGLST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LASTAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LASTAGE?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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