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LUNATE
Definition of LUNATE
adjective
Shaped like a crescent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1777; borrowed from Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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.
LUNATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LUNATE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 LUNATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found LUNATE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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