The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LAMBDA
Definition of LAMBDA
noun
The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda). Doublet of lamed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LAMBDA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAMBDA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAMBDA starts with L and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABDLM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start LAMBDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found LAMBDA?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER