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LOCOMAN

7 letters

Definition of LOCOMAN

noun

Someone who works on a locomotive.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From loco (“locomotive”) + man.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LOCOMAN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its 2 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
62
First board
72
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.

First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.

Built from these letters

LOCOMAN
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LOCOMAN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACLMNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Could you have found LOCOMAN?

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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.

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