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LONGER
Definition of LONGER
adjective
comparative form of long: more long
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Where it comes from
From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).
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.
LONGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LONGER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGLNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LONGER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found LONGER?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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