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LAVATORIES
Definition of LAVATORIES
noun
plural of lavatory
noun
A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly: A laver: a washbasin. A bathtub. A piscina: the basin used for washing communion vessels. A lavabo: the basin used for washing one's hands before handling the Eucharist. A baptismal font: the basin used for baptism, used figuratively for the washing away of sins. A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
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Word DNA
LAVATORIES inherits its ancestry from its root, LAVATORY.
Line of descent
- Spanish
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (947)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LAVATORY · 1 relative 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.
LAVATORIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LAVATORIES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEILORSTV - 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.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found LAVATORIES?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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