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LANDWINDS
Definition of LANDWINDS
noun
plural of landwind
LANDWIND
noun
Alternative form of land wind.
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Word DNA
LANDWINDS inherits its ancestry from its root, LAND.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, LAND · 15 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, French, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Proto-Slavic, Scots and 2 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LANDWINDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
LANDWINDS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADDILNNSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and D appear more than once.
Words that start LANDWI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LANDWINDS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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