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LAUNDER
Definition of LAUNDER
noun
A washerwoman or washerman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“to wash”).
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.
LAUNDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LAUNDER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADELNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 LAUNDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found LAUNDER?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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