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LESSER
Definition of LESSER
adjective
Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
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Where it comes from
From less + -er.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LESS · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LESSER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
LESSER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EELRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found LESSER?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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