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LENGTHS
Definition of LENGTHS
noun
plural of length
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Word DNA
LENGTHS inherits its ancestry from its root, LENGTH.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,919)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LENGTH · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LENGTHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LENGTHS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHLNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LENGTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LENGTHS?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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