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LINGUA
Definition of LINGUA
noun
Synonym of tongue.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue.
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.
LINGUA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 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 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LINGUA starts with L and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AGILNU - 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 LINGUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found LINGUA?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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