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LUNACY
Definition of LUNACY
noun
The state of being mad, insanity A cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases. Insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lun(atic) + -acy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUNACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUNACY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACLNUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found LUNACY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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