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LUNULA
Definition of LUNULA
noun
Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin lūnula. By surface analysis, luna + -ula.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,497)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
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.
LUNULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUNULA starts with L and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ALLNUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and U appear more than once.
Words that start LUNULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUNULA?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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