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LEASH
Definition of LEASH
noun
A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English leesshe, leysche, lesshe, a variant of more original lease, from Middle English lees, leese, leece, lese, from Old French lesse (modern French laisse), either from Latin laxa, feminine form of laxus (“loose”) or, more probably, from a deverbal of Old French lesser, laissier, from Latin laxāre (“loose”); compare lax. Doublet of laisse.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LEASH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 43, 2 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LEASH starts with L and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEHLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LEASH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found LEASH?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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