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LIAISON
Definition of LIAISON
noun
A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (stem ligātiōn-; whence the English doublet ligation), derived from ligō (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).
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.
LIAISON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIAISON starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIILNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start LIAISO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found LIAISON?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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