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LANDLORD
Definition of LANDLORD
noun
A person that leases real property; a lessor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,890)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LANDLORD · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LANDLORD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
LANDLORD starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDLLNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and D appear more than once.
Words that start LANDLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LANDLORD?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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