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LECHEROUS
Definition of LECHEROUS
adjective
Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.
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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).
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.
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
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found LECHEROUS?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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