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LEAGUE
Definition of LEAGUE
noun
A group or association of cooperating members.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“to tie”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LEAGUE · 2 relatives 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.
LEAGUE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LEAGUE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start LEAGUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LEAGUE?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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