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LABORIOUS
Definition of LABORIOUS
adjective
Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus. By surface analysis, labor + -ious
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LABORIOUS · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LABORIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 222 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LABORIOUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABILOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start LABORI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found LABORIOUS?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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