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LAYETTES

8 letters

Definition of LAYETTES

noun

plural of layette

LAYETTE

noun

A complete set of clothing, bedding and toilet articles for a new baby.

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Word DNA

LAYETTES inherits its ancestry from its root, LAYETTE.

Line of descent

  1. French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

French

Deepest traced root

5th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

5.3%

of traced words share this origin (4,548)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, LAYETTE · 1 relative in the game

Every French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LAYETTES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 177
Its one board, across 177 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
173
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

ncdee

on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LAYETTES
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LAYETTES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEELSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start LAYETT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LAYETTES?

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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.

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