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LEPT
Definition of LEPT
verb
simple past and past participle of leap
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Word DNA
LEPT inherits its ancestry from its root, LEAP.
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 (3,821)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LEAP · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Proto-Indo-European, 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.
LEPT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEPT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ELPT - 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 LEPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found LEPT?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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