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LOAN
Definition of LOAN
noun
An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave (over)”). Cognate with Icelandic lán, Swedish lån, Danish lån, German Lehen (“fief”), Dutch leen (“fief”), West Frisian lien, North Frisian leen (“fief; loan; office”), Scots lane, lain, len, Old English lǣn. More at lend.
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.
LOAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LOAN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ALNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LOAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found LOAN?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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