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LUBRICATES
Definition of LUBRICATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of lubricate
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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.
LUBRICATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUBRICATES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCEILRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LUBRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found LUBRICATES?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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