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LABEL

/ˈleɪ.bəl/5 letters

Definition of LABEL

noun

A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (Modern French lambeau), from Frankish *lappā (“torn piece of cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *lappǭ, *lappô (“cloth stuff, rag, scraps, flap, dewlap, lobe, rabbit ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“rag, piece of cloth”), Old English læppa (“skirt, flap of a garment”). More at lap.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

LABEL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its one board, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
110
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

nbpeace

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LABEL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LABEL starts with L and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABELL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.

Words that start LABEL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LABELSLABELEDLABELERLABELLALABELERSLABELINGLABELLEDLABELLERLABELLUMLABELABLELABELLATELABELLERS

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