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LEASOW
Definition of LEASOW
noun
(Green) land as opposed to flood or desert; a pasture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English leesewe, lesewe, leswe, from Old English lǣs (“pasture”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“pasture”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LEASOW · 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.
LEASOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEASOW starts with L and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read AELOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LEASOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LEASOW?
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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