LUKEWARM

Where it comes from

From Middle English leukwarm, lukewarm (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) + warm. Compare Saterland Frisian luukwoarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German luukwarm (“lukewarm”); first element is related to Dutch leuk (“lukewarm”), as in leukwater (“lukewarm water”). Compare also West Frisian lijwarm (“lukewarm”), Afrikaans louwarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German lowarm, luwarm (“lukewarm”), German lauwarm (“lukewarm”). First element believed to be an alteration of Middle English lew (“tepid”) (> English dialectal lew), from Old English *hlēowe (“warm, sunny”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz, *hlūmaz, *hleumaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱel(w)e-, *k(')lēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Dutch lauw (“tepid”), German lau (“lukewarm”), Faroese lýggjur (“warm”), Swedish ljum (“lukewarm”), ljummen (“lukewarm”) and ly (“warm”), Danish lummer (“muggy”), Danish and Norwegian lunken (“tepid”), dialectal Swedish ljummen (“lukewarm”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

LUKEWARM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.

Built from these letters

LUKEWARM starts with L and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEKLMRUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start LUKEWA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Also seen on Day 30