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LUCUBRATIONS
Definition of LUCUBRATIONS
noun
plural of lucubration
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Word DNA
LUCUBRATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, LUCUBRATION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUCUBRATION · 1 relative 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.
LUCUBRATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUCUBRATIONS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCILNORSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start LUCUBRAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUCUBRATIONS?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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