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LESSON

/ˈlɛs.ən/6 letters

Definition of LESSON

verb

To instruct to teach.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lection.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LESSON in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.

Built from these letters

LESSON
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LESSON starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ELNOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start LESSON

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LESSONSLESSONEDLESSONINGLESSONINGS

Could you have found LESSON?

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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