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LEADWORT
Definition of LEADWORT
noun
Plants in family Plumbaginaceae Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers. especially, of species Plumbago europaea, of southern Europe, north Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and Armenia. Any of various plants of genus Ceratostigma.
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Where it comes from
From lead + wort.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LEADWORT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LEADWORT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEADWORT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADELORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LEADWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LEADWORT?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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