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LAMBERT
Definition of LAMBERT
noun
a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Lambert; Named for Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), a Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LAMBERT · 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.
LAMBERT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAMBERT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABELMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 LAMBER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found LAMBERT?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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