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LORES
Definition of LORES
noun
plural of lore
noun
All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
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Word DNA
LORES inherits its ancestry from its root, LORE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (976)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LORE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LORES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LORES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found LORES?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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