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LAPIS
Definition of LAPIS
noun
Ellipsis of lapis lazuli.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortened form of lapis lazuli.
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.
LAPIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 110 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAPIS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AILPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LAPIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found LAPIS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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