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LAVENDER
Definition of LAVENDER
noun
Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“to wash”) due to the use of lavender in washing clothes.
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.
LAVENDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LAVENDER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEELNRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start LAVEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found LAVENDER?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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