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LEPROSITY
Definition of LEPROSITY
noun
Synonym of leprosy in its various senses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English leprosite, from Medieval Latin leprositas (“state of being leprous, leprosy”) either directly or via French leprosite, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -itas (“-ity”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,388)
branch · 12.8% 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.
LEPROSITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEPROSITY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILOPRSTY - 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 LEPROS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found LEPROSITY?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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