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LANDLORDS
Definition of LANDLORDS
noun
plural of landlord
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Word DNA
LANDLORDS inherits its ancestry from its root, LANDLORD.
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 (3,153)
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.
LANDLORDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LANDLORDS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADDLLNORS - 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 LANDLORDS?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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