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LINGCODS
Definition of LINGCODS
noun
plural of lingcod
noun
Ophiodon elongatus, a fish of the greenlings, of the family Hexagrammidae, native to the west coast of North America.
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Word DNA
LINGCODS inherits its ancestry from its root, LINGCOD.
How it is built
Same root, LINGCOD · 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.
LINGCODS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LINGCODS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDGILNOS - 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.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found LINGCODS?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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