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LANDSMEN
Definition of LANDSMEN
noun
plural of landsman
LANDSMAN
noun
A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is uncomfortable on ships or boats.
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Word DNA
LANDSMEN inherits its ancestry from its root, LANDSMAN.
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (225)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LANDSMAN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German, Norwegian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LANDSMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LANDSMEN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADELMNNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start LANDSM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LANDSMEN?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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