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LUNCHBOX

/ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/8 letters

Definition of LUNCHBOX

noun

A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From lunch + box.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LUNCHBOX in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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1
Boards found on
105
First board
15
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

lisamarie

on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LUNCHBOX
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LUNCHBOX starts with L and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read BCHLNOUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start LUNCHB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.

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