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LUMBAGOS
Definition of LUMBAGOS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
LUMBAGOS inherits its ancestry from its root, LUMBAGO.
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 (2,622)
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.
LUMBAGOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUMBAGOS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABGLMOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LUMBAGOS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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