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LEGIONARY

/ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi/9 letters

Definition of LEGIONARY

noun

A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From legion + -ary. From Latin legiōnārius. Doublet of legionnaire.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,711)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-ary

Same root, LEGIONARY · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

LEGIONARY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 18 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
53
First board
144
Latest board
29
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

waywardlady

on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

LEGIONARY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGILNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start LEGION

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LEGIONLEGIONSLEGIONEDLEGIONELLALEGIONARIESLEGIONELLAELEGIONELLASLEGIONNAIRELEGIONNAIRES

Could you have found LEGIONARY?

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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.

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