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LEES
Definition of LEES
noun
The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
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Where it comes from
From Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”). Doublet of lias; also related to Loire and Leicester.
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.
LEES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LEES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EELS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LEES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found LEES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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