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LOWERCASE

/ˈloʊ.ɚˌkeɪs/9 letters

Definition of LOWERCASE

noun

Alternative form of lower case.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking.

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.

LOWERCASE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
115
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

snowyowl

on Day 115, 12 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LOWERCASE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LOWERCASE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEELORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start LOWERC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LOWERCASEDLOWERCASESLOWERCASINGLOWERCLASSMANLOWERCLASSMEN

Could you have found LOWERCASE?

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 115 - and most players walked straight past it.

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