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LAYED
Definition of LAYED
verb
simple past and past participle of lay
LAY
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Lama Bai.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LAYE · 2 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.
LAYED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LAYED starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADELY - 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.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found LAYED?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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