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LUCTIFEROUS
Definition of LUCTIFEROUS
adjective
mournful
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin luctifer (“full of sorrow”) + -ous, from luctus (“sorrow”) + -fer (“bearing”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,276)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUCTIFEROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUCTIFEROUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEFILORSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found LUCTIFEROUS?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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