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LEKYTHOS

8 letters

Definition of LEKYTHOS

noun

A pottery flask with a narrow neck, used in Ancient Greece for storing oil.

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Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek λήκυθος (lḗkuthos).

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,706)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Every Ancient Greek 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.

LEKYTHOS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 150
Its 18 boards, across 150 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
36
First board
149
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.

Built from these letters

LEKYTHOS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start LEKYTH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LEKYTHOS?

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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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