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LORN
Definition of LORN
adjective
Doomed; lost.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English lorn, loren, ilorn, iloren (past participle of lese, lesen (“to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to perdition”)), from Old English *loren, *ġeloren, from Proto-Germanic *galuzanaz, *luzanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose”). See further at lese.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LORN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LORN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read LNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LORN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found LORN?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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