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LOCOWEED
Definition of LOCOWEED
noun
Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus Oxytropis or Astragalus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish loco (“mad, insane”) + weed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (963)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LOCOWE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOCOWEED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOCOWEED starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEELOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found LOCOWEED?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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