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LOANWORDS
Definition of LOANWORDS
noun
plural of loanword
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Word DNA
LOANWORDS inherits its ancestry from its root, LOANWORD.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,624)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LOANWORD · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOANWORDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LOANWORDS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADLNOORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found LOANWORDS?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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