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LUTESCENT

9 letters

Definition of LUTESCENT

adjective

Of a yellowish colour.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin luteus (“yellow”). See -escent.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

LUTESCENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

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on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LUTESCENT
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LUTESCENT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEELNSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.

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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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.

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