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LEAPOROUS

9 letters

Definition of LEAPOROUS

adjective

Obsolete form of leprous.

LEPROUS

adjective

Of or relating to one of the diseases known as leprosy.

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Word DNA

LEAPOROUS inherits its ancestry from its root, LEPROUS.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Old French
  4. Middle French
  5. Anglo-Norman
  6. Middle English
  7. English

6 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,104)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

adjectivecompound

Same root, LEPROUS · 4 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

LEAPOROUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 164
Its 2 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
72
First board
163
Latest board
91
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 163, 30 October 2026.

Built from these letters

LEAPOROUS
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

LEAPOROUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELOOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Could you have found LEAPOROUS?

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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