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LILY
Definition of LILY
noun
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lilie, from Old English lilie, from Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). See there for more.
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.
LILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
LILY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ILLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LILY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LILY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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