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LIEN
Definition of LIEN
noun
tendon
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“bond”), from ligō (“tie, 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.
LIEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LIEN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LIEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found LIEN?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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