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LECHEROUS

/ˈlɛtʃ.ə.ɹəs/9 letters

Definition of LECHEROUS

adjective

Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English lecherous, licherous, from Old French *lecherous (attested in Old French lecherousement (“lecherously”)), from Old French lecherie, licherie (“gluttony, sensuality, lewdness, lechery”), from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *lekkōn, *likkōn (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”), equivalent to lecher + -ous. More at lick.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LECHEROUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 100
Its 29 boards, across 100 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
29
Boards found on
35
First board
100
Latest board
6
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

gumdrop

on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LECHEROUS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

LECHEROUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHLORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start LECHER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LECHERLECHERSLECHERYLECHEREDLECHERIESLECHERINGLECHEROUSLYLECHEROUSNESSLECHEROUSNESSES

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