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HEADLAMP
Definition of HEADLAMP
noun
An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From head + lamp.
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.
HEADLAMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 82, 10 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HEADLAMP starts with H and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AADEHLMP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HEADLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADLAMP?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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