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LILAC
Definition of LILAC
noun
A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From obsolete French lilac (now lilas), from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,174)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LILAC · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LILAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LILAC starts with L and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACILL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Could you have found LILAC?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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