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LINGO
Definition of LINGO
noun
Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
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Where it comes from
From Latin lingua (“language”) + -o (diminutive suffix).
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.
LINGO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LINGO starts with L and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read GILNO - 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.
Words that start LINGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found LINGO?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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