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LOCUTIONARY
Definition of LOCUTIONARY
adjective
Relating to, or characteristic of locution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From locution + -ary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOCUTIONARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOCUTIONARY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACILNOORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found LOCUTIONARY?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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