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LUMBAGO
Definition of LUMBAGO
noun
Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.
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Where it comes from
The noun is borrowed from Late Latin lumbāgō (“backache of the lumbar region”), from Late Latin lumbus (“lumbar”), Latin lumbus (“loin”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loins”)) + -āgō (suffix forming nouns describing objects, animals, and plants). The verb is derived from the noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, LUMBAGO · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUMBAGO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LUMBAGO starts with L and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ABGLMOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LUMBAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
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