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LIFEGUARD
Definition of LIFEGUARD
noun
A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From life + guard, calque of Dutch lijfgarde, where life has the sense of Dutch lijf (“body”) (hence literally “bodyguard”). Compare German Leibgarde (“bodyguard”), Danish livgarde (“bodyguard”), Swedish livgarde (“bodyguard”). Compare also Old English līfweard (“guardian of life”).
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.
LIFEGUARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 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 24, 13 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
LIFEGUARD starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFGILRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LIFEGU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found LIFEGUARD?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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