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LEAVE
Definition of LEAVE
verb
To have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan (“to leave”), from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to let stay, leave”), causative of *lībaną (“to stay, remain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēva (“to leave”), dialectal Dutch loven (“to have left over, save, keep”), Old Saxon lēvian, Old High German leiban (“to leave”), Old Norse leifa (“to leave over”) (whence Icelandic leifa (“to leave food uneaten”), Swedish leva (“to leave”)), lifna (“to be left”) (whence Danish levne). More at lave, belive. The noun is attested since the 19th century, with earliest references to billiards.
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.
LEAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LEAVE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEELV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LEAVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found LEAVE?
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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