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LAMPBLACK
Definition of LAMPBLACK
noun
An amorphous form of carbon made from soot (incompletely burned organic matter); used to make pigments and inks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lamp + black.
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.
LAMPBLACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAMPBLACK starts with L and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCKLLMP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and A appear more than once.
Words that start LAMPBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAMPBLACK?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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