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LEARNT
Definition of LEARNT
verb
simple past of learn
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lernd, lernde, equivalent to learn + -t.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,202)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LEARNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LEARNT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AELNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found LEARNT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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