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LINKSPAN
Definition of LINKSPAN
noun
A kind of drawbridge used mainly to move vehicles on and off a ro-ro vessel or ferry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From link + span.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LINKSPAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LINKSPAN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIKLNNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
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 LINKSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LINKSPAN?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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