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LOUTISH
Definition of LOUTISH
adjective
Resembling a lout (troublemaker or bumpkin).
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Other senses
LOUTISH carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Having the characteristics of a lout; awkward, stupid, and boorish.
Clownish; awkward; boorish.
Synonyms Churlish, Clownish, etc. See boorish.
adjective
Clownish; rude; awkward.
Where it comes from
From lout + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LOUT · 5 relatives in the game
LOUTISH in a sentence
“To grasp the lameness of Miller's slander, let's take a look at one of those so-called loutish protestors, a family friend named Vince Taylor.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOUTISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 70 boards so far. 151 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LOUTISH starts with L and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HILOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of LOUTISH. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start LOUTIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found LOUTISH?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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