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LOAMINGS
Definition of LOAMINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for LOAMINGS itself. This is its base word, 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
The origin recorded for LOAM.
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,230)
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOAMINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOAMINGS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGILMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LOAMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LOAMINGS?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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