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LAMASERY
Definition of LAMASERY
noun
A monastery for lamas.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French lamaserie, irregular formation from lama.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,282)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAMASERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAMASERY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAELMRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start LAMASE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAMASERY?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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