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LIERNE

/liˈɜː(ɹ)n/6 letters

Definition of LIERNE

noun

A cross-shaped rib of an ogival vault.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French lierne.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LIERNE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its 7 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
73
First board
107
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.

Also on

Built from these letters

LIERNE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

LIERNE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

RELINE

Words that start LIERNE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LIERNE?

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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.

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