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LAMPUKA
Definition of LAMPUKA
noun
The mahi-mahi.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Maltese lampuka, from Sicilian lampuca.
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.
LAMPUKA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
LAMPUKA starts with L and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAKLMPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start LAMPUK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAMPUKA?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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