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LACQUEYED
Definition of LACQUEYED
verb
simple past and past participle of lacquey
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Word DNA
LACQUEYED inherits its ancestry from its root, LACKEY.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,130)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LACKEY · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old Occitan.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LACQUEYED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LACQUEYED starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEELQUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start LACQUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LACQUEYED?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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