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LONE
Definition of LONE
adjective
Solitary; having no companion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortened from alone.
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.
LONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LONE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found LONE?
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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