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LAPS
Definition of LAPS
noun
plural of lap
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 45, 4 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 64 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LAPS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ALPS - 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 LAPS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found LAPS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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