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LAIRDSHIP
Definition of LAIRDSHIP
noun
The state or condition of being a laird.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle Scots lairdschip (modern Scots lairdship), from Early Scots lardschip, from Old English hlāfordsċipe; by surface analysis, laird + -ship and a doublet of lordship.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Scots
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,238)
branch · 22.3% 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.
LAIRDSHIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAIRDSHIP starts with L and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ADHIILPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found LAIRDSHIP?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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