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LEADENS
Definition of LEADENS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of leaden
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Word DNA
LEADENS inherits its ancestry from its root, LEADEN.
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 (2,977)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LEADEN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LEADENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEADENS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEELNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start LEADEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found LEADENS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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