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LINGERS
Definition of LINGERS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of linger
verb
To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
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Word DNA
LINGERS inherits its ancestry from its root, LINGER.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
36th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (55)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LINGER · 2 relatives 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.
LINGERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LINGERS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGILNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LINGER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found LINGERS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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