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LAMPING
Definition of LAMPING
noun
A form of hunting at night, during which bright lights or lamps are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lamp + -ing.
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.
LAMPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
LAMPING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILMNP - 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.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found LAMPING?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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