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LINT
Definition of LINT
noun
Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”).
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.
LINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LINT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LINT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found LINT?
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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