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LUCERNES
Definition of LUCERNES
Wiktionary has no entry for LUCERNES itself. This is its base word, LUCERN.
noun
A lamp.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for LUCERN.
Latin lucerna.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUCERNES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUCERNES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEELNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start LUCERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUCERNES?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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