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LEISTERING
Definition of LEISTERING
noun
The act of catching or spearing fish with a leister.
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Word DNA
LEISTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, LEISTER.
Line of descent
8 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (113)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LEISTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEISTERING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGIILNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start LEISTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LEISTERING?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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