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ALBA
Definition of ALBA
noun
A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”).
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.
ALBA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ALBA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ALBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found ALBA?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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