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LOTTERY
Definition of LOTTERY
noun
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie). By surface analysis, lot + -ery.
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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.
LOTTERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
LOTTERY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ELORTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start LOTTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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