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LINGAM
Definition of LINGAM
noun
The aniconic phallic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लिङ्गम् (liṅgam, nominative singular of लिङ्ग (liṅga, “sign, mark”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (246)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LINGAM · 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.
LINGAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 70, 29 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LINGAM starts with L and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AGILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LINGAM?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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