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LEARES
Definition of LEARES
Wiktionary has no entry for LEARES itself. This is its base word, LEAR.
noun
Something learned; a lesson.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for LEAR.
From Middle English laire, leire, lere, northern Middle English variants of lore, loare (“doctrine, teaching, lore”), from Old English lār (“lore”). More at lore.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (3,152)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LEAR · 4 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.
LEARES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEARES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEELRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LEARES?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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