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LAPWING
Definition of LAPWING
noun
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae. The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lapwynge, lapwynke, lappewincke, lapwynche, lhapwynche, from Old English hlēapewince (“lapwing”), from Old English hlēapan (“to leap”) + wincian (“to wink, make a sign”), due to its manner of flight. Cognate with West Frisian ljip (“lapwing”). The modern form is influenced by folk etymology to resemble English wing.
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.
LAPWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAPWING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILNPW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found LAPWING?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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