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LOOKUP
Definition of LOOKUP
noun
An attempt to retrieve data.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from look up.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LOOKUP · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOOKUP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOOKUP starts with L and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read KLOOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found LOOKUP?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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