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LOTIC
Definition of LOTIC
adjective
Characterized by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin lotus, past participle of lavare (“to wash”), + -ic.
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.
LOTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOTIC starts with L and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CILOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LOTIC?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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