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LAMMY
Definition of LAMMY
noun
A thick quilted jumper or duffel coat worn outdoors in cold weather by sailors.
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Where it comes from
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LAMMY · 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.
LAMMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAMMY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ALMMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LAMMY?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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