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LAMPUKAS
Definition of LAMPUKAS
Wiktionary has no entry for LAMPUKAS itself. This is its base word, LAMPUKA.
noun
The mahi-mahi.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for LAMPUKA.
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.
LAMPUKAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAMPUKAS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAKLMPSU - 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 LAMPUKAS?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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