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LEATHERBACK
Definition of LEATHERBACK
noun
Any member of the species Dermochelys coriacea, of large sea turtles with leathery backs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From leather + back.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LEATHERBACK · 1 relative 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.
LEATHERBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 112 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEATHERBACK starts with L and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCEEHKLRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Words that start LEATHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found LEATHERBACK?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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