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LEFTIES

/ˈlɛftiz/7 letters

Definition of LEFTIES

noun

plural of lefty

LEFTY

noun

One who is left-handed.

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Word DNA

LEFTIES inherits its ancestry from its root, LEFT.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.4%

of traced words share this origin (11,223)

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, LEFT · 13 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Dutch, Scots.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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

LEFTIES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 157
Its 6 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
78
First board
157
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 78, 6 August 2026.

Built from these letters

LEFTIES
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start LEFTIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LEFTIES?

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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.

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