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LESTED
Definition of LESTED
Wiktionary has no entry for LESTED itself. This is its base word, LEST.
conjunction
For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for LEST.
c. 1200, contracted from Middle English les te (“less that”), from Old English þȳ lǣs þe (“whereby less that”), from þȳ (instrumental case of demonstrative article þæt (“that”)) + lǣs (“less”) + þe (“that,” relative particle). The þȳ was dropped and the remaining two words contracted into leste.
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.
LESTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LESTED starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEELST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found LESTED?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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