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LOZENGE
Definition of LOZENGE
noun
A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English losenge, from Old French losenge (“rhombus”), of uncertain origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,385)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LOZENGE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOZENGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
LOZENGE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGLNOZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start LOZENG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found LOZENGE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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