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LINKAGE
Definition of LINKAGE
noun
A mechanical device that connects things.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From link + -age.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LINK · 12 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.
LINKAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LINKAGE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGIKLN - 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.
Could you have found LINKAGE?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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