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LAIRDLY
Definition of LAIRDLY
Wiktionary has no entry for LAIRDLY itself. This is its base word, LAIRD.
noun
A feudal lord in Scottish contexts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for LAIRD.
The noun is borrowed from Scots laird, from northern or Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord. The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of hlaford and lord.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- Scots
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,144)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAIRDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAIRDLY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADILLRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Could you have found LAIRDLY?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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