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LUFFINGS
Definition of LUFFINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for LUFFINGS itself. This is its base word, LUFF.
noun
The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for LUFF.
From Old French lof. Collins English Dictionary states that this word is ultimately derived from Middle Dutch loef. Ellert Ekwall's Shakspere's Vocabulary: its etymological elements (1903) related this verb and loof instead to the East Frisian verb lofen, lufen, which would make it cognate to the French term lover.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (460)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
LUFFINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUFFINGS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FFGILNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F 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.
Could you have found LUFFINGS?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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