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LAUAN
Definition of LAUAN
noun
Any of several types of light wood, resembling mahogany, from various trees from the Philippines and Malaysia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Tagalog lawaan.
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.
LAUAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAUAN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AALNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start LAUAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAUAN?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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