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LENIENT
Definition of LENIENT
adjective
Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French lénient, from Latin lēniēns (whence -i- + -ent), present participle of lēnīre (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% 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.
LENIENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LENIENT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEILNNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start LENIEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LENIENT?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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