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LUGSAIL
Definition of LUGSAIL
noun
A quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely; a lug.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lug + sail.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
LUGSAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUGSAIL starts with L and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AGILLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
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 LUGSAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUGSAIL?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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