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LAVASH
About LAVASH
LAVASH is a valid 6-letter word in OUTLIER, and one of the few with no English entry in Wiktionary - the dictionary a word game accepts is wider than the one an encyclopaedia keeps.
No definition is on file, so none is guessed at here.
Other senses
LAVASH carries 2 further meanings.
noun
A thin leavened flatbread of Armenian origin.
noun
A soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor. Toasted sesame seeds and/or poppy seeds are sometimes sprinkled on it before baking. Traditionally made in Armenia and other countries of the Caucasus and the Middle East.
Where it comes from
From Armenian լավաշ (lavaš) and partly from Turkish lavaş. See there for more.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Turkish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
32nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (176)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
LAVASH in a sentence
“I affectionately call lavash "spice rack velcro," or a quick and easy way to make a small dent in my growing stockpile of spices.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAVASH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LAVASH starts with L and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AAHLSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LAVASH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found LAVASH?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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