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LEECH
Definition of LEECH
noun
A typically aquatic blood-sucking annelid of the subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English leche (“blood-sucking worm”), from Old English lǣċe (“blood-sucking worm”), akin to Middle Dutch lāke ("blood-sucking worm"; > modern Dutch laak).
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.
LEECH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LEECH starts with L and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEEHL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start LEECH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found LEECH?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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