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LOAM
Definition of LOAM
noun
A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lom, lome, from Old English lām (“clay, mud, mire, earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *laim, from Proto-Germanic *laimaz, *laimô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leem (“loam”), West Frisian liem (“loam”), Dutch leem (“loam”), German Lehm (“loam”). Related also to lime.
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.
LOAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 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 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LOAM starts with L and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ALMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LOAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found LOAM?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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