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LOCKDOWN
Definition of LOCKDOWN
noun
The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
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Where it comes from
Deverbal from lock down.
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.
LOCKDOWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LOCKDOWN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDKLNOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found LOCKDOWN?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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