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LAXLY
Definition of LAXLY
adverb
In a lax manner; without rigor or strictness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lax + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LAX · 8 relatives 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.
LAXLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAXLY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ALLXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found LAXLY?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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