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LUNULE
Definition of LUNULE
noun
Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French lunule, from Latin lūnula, diminutive of lūna (“moon”). By surface analysis, luna + -ule.
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.
LUNULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUNULE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELLNUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and U appear more than once.
Words that start LUNULE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUNULE?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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