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LAWN
Definition of LAWN
noun
Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Early Modern English laune (“turf, grassy area”), alteration of laund (“glade”), from Middle English launde, from Old French lande (“heath, moor”), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Akin to Breton lann (“heath”), Old Norse & Old English land. Doublet of land and lande.
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.
LAWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAWN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ALNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LAWN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found LAWN?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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