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LIMAN

/lɪˈmɑn/5 letters

Definition of LIMAN

noun

A wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers, where flow is constrained by a bar of sediments (created by either the current of a sea or a sediment-saturated river), especially in the Black Sea region.

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Where it comes from

From Russian лима́н (limán) or Ukrainian лима́н (lymán), from Turkic, compare Turkish liman (“port, harbor”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek λιμήν (limḗn, “harbor”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.

Built from these letters

LIMAN
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LIMAN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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