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LOTUS
Definition of LOTUS
noun
Any member of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family Nelumbonaceae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós). Doublet of lote. First attested in the 1540s. Ultimately from Hebrew לוֹט (lōṭ, “myrrh”, literally “covering, envelope”).
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.
LOTUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LOTUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read LOSTU - 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 LOTUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found LOTUS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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