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LIMAN
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”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LIMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
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 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.
Could you have found LIMAN?
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