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LINGCOD
Definition of LINGCOD
noun
Ophiodon elongatus, a fish of the greenlings, of the family Hexagrammidae, native to the west coast of North America.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ling + cod, from its superficial resemblance to those two fish.
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.
LINGCOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
LINGCOD starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDGILNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found LINGCOD?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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