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LENS
Definition of LENS
noun
An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin lēns (“lentil”), with Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of “lens”, a semantic loan from Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa, “lentil; optic lens”); the similar shape is the common factor.
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.
LENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LENS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LENS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LENS?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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