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LAZARET
Definition of LAZARET
noun
Synonym of lazaretto. A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis. A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine. A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French lazaret, from Italian lazzareto (archaic), lazzaretto, lazzeretto; see further at lazaretto. Doublet of lazaretto.
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.
LAZARET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAZARET starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAELRTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start LAZARE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAZARET?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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