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LIGNIVOROUS
Definition of LIGNIVOROUS
adjective
That feeds on wood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin lignum (“wood”) + -vorous.
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.
LIGNIVOROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIGNIVOROUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GIILNOORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found LIGNIVOROUS?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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