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OUTLAND
Definition of OUTLAND
adjective
Provincial: from a province (of the same land).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandą (“outland”), equivalent to out- + land. Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland, Danish udland. The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, 華僑 / 华侨 (huáqiáo).
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.
OUTLAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTLAND starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADLNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OUTLAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found OUTLAND?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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