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LEME

/liːm/4 letters

Definition of LEME

noun

A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English leem, leme, leam, from Old English lēoma (“light, brightness”); akin to light.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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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.

LEME in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 3 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
12
First board
112
Latest board
62
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.

Built from these letters

LEME
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start LEME

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LEMEDLEMELLEMESLEMELS

Could you have found LEME?

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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.

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