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LAPPEL
Definition of LAPPEL
noun
Obsolete spelling of lapel.
noun
Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAPPEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
LAPPEL starts with L and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELLPP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and P appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start LAPPEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAPPEL?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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