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LOFT
Definition of LOFT
noun
Air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English lofte (“air, sky, upper region, loft”), from Old English loft, (doublet of native Old English lyft) of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, sky”). Akin to Scots lift (“air; sky; firmament”), Dutch lucht (“air”), German Luft (“air”), Old English lyft (“air”). Doublet of lift and luft. Related to aloft. Cognate with Scots loft, laft (“loft”), Irish lochta (“loft”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LOFT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FLOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LOFT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found LOFT?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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