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LEADS
Definition of LEADS
noun
plural of lead
noun
A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
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Word DNA
LEADS inherits its ancestry from its root, LEAD.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
How it is built
Same root, LEAD · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Scots, Swedish.
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.
LEADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LEADS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADELS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LEADS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found LEADS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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