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LAUND
Definition of LAUND
noun
A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English launde, from Old French launde (“wooded area”) (French lande), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Doublet of land.
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.
LAUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
LAUND starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 LAUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAUND?
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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