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LAUNCE
Definition of LAUNCE
noun
Obsolete form of lance.
noun
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See lance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LANCE · 5 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.
LAUNCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 130, 27 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
LAUNCE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LAUNCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAUNCE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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