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LITURGY
Definition of LITURGY
noun
A predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion; a book in which they are recorded.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French liturgie, from Latin liturgia, from Ancient Greek λειτουργία (leitourgía), from λειτ- (leit-), from λαός (laós, “people”) + -ουργός (-ourgós), from ἔργον (érgon, “work”) (the public work of the people done on behalf of the people).
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.
LITURGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LITURGY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GILRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LITURG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found LITURGY?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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