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LAMBENCY
Definition of LAMBENCY
noun
The property of being lambent, brightness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lambent + -ency.
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.
LAMBENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAMBENCY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCELMNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LAMBEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAMBENCY?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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