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LOUN
Definition of LOUN
verb
To beat; thrash.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain. Compare Scots lounder (“to deal heavy blows on, thrash”).
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.
LOUN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 56, 15 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LOUN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read LNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LOUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found LOUN?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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