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LEND
Definition of LEND
verb
To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
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Where it comes from
From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”). Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Danish låne (“to lend, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEND starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DELN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LEND?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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