Laputa
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
The fictional flying island conceived by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels, inhabited by scholars who pursue impractical theories while neglecting everyday concerns.
“The critic described the think tank as a modern Laputa, full of ideas with no real-world application.”
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la·pu·ta
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Three vowels A, U, A appear in positions two, four, and six, a distinctive alternating vowel pattern
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The P scores 3 points and the unusual vowel arrangement makes this best saved for specialist play
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