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LOURING
Definition of LOURING
verb
present participle and gerund of lour
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English louryng, louringe, lowrynge, later variant of lourand, lowrand, lourande, lowrande, equivalent to lour + -ing. Cognate with Dutch loerend (“lurking, louring”).
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.
LOURING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOURING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LOURING?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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