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LOCUS
Definition of LOCUS
noun
A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin locus. Doublet of lieu.
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.
LOCUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOCUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CLOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LOCUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found LOCUS?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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