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LORIS
Definition of LORIS
noun
Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the subfamily Lorisinae, found in India and southeast Asia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French loris, reportedly from obsolete Dutch loeris (“simpleton”).
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.
LORIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LORIS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ILORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LORIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found LORIS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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