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LUREX
Definition of LUREX
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Lurex.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUREX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUREX starts with L and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ELRUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start LUREX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUREX?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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