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LICHEN
Definition of LICHEN
noun
Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin līchēn, from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn), from λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick”). Originally used of liverwort; the modern sense first recorded 1715.
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.
LICHEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 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 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LICHEN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEHILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LICHEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found LICHEN?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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