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LUFTMENSCHEN
Definition of LUFTMENSCHEN
noun
plural of luftmensch
noun
A person who is highly intellectual or contemplative but detached from practical affairs, especially the need to earn a living.
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Word DNA
LUFTMENSCHEN inherits its ancestry from its root, LUFTMENSCH.
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (226)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUFTMENSCH · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUFTMENSCHEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUFTMENSCHEN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEFHLMNNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Could you have found LUFTMENSCHEN?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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