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LONESOME
Definition of LONESOME
adjective
Unhappy due to being alone; lonely.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lone + -some, mid-17th century.
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.
LONESOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LONESOME starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EELMNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear 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.
Words that start LONESO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found LONESOME?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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