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LURGIS
Definition of LURGIS
Wiktionary has no entry for LURGIS itself. This is its base word, LURGI.
noun
Alternative spelling of lurgy.
noun
Chiefly preceded by the. Idleness or laziness regarded as a medical condition; also, depression, especially resulting from a hangover.
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Word DNA
LURGIS inherits its ancestry from its root, LURGY.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (351)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LURGY · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LURGIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LURGIS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GILRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LURGIS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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