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LYRA
Definition of LYRA
noun
The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
So called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
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.
LYRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LYRA starts with L and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ALRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LYRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found LYRA?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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