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LOUVER

/ˈluːvə/6 letters

Definition of LOUVER

noun

A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English lover, from Old French lovier, lover (“skylight”), from Medieval Latin *lōdārium (attested as lōvārium), extension of lōdium, of unclear origin, but probably of Germanic origin and related to Frankish *laubijā (“shelter”). Compare Old Norse ljóri.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

LOUVER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 100
Its 21 boards, across 100 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
19
First board
99
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

eltipo

on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LOUVER
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

LOUVER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ELORUV - 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 LOUVER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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