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LAUDATORY
Definition of LAUDATORY
adjective
Of or pertaining to praise, or the expression of praise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin laudatōrius: compare Old French laudatoire.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LAUDATORY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAUDATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 105 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAUDATORY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADLORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LAUDAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found LAUDATORY?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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