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LENIFY
Definition of LENIFY
verb
To assuage or mitigate; to soften (fever/pain/effects etc.).
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Where it comes from
From Latin lēnis (“soft, mild”) + -ify. Compare French lénifier. See lenition.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LENIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
Built from these letters
LENIFY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFILNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LENIFY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LENIFY?
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