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LEUDES

/luːdiːz/6 letters

Definition of LEUDES

noun

plural of leud

LEUD

noun

A Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.

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Word DNA

LEUDES inherits its ancestry from its root, LEUD.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Frankish
  4. Latin
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.3%

of traced words share this origin (11,293)

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, LEUD · 2 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Old English.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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

LEUDES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 160
Its 4 boards, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
82
First board
150
Latest board
59
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

6c1

on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LEUDES
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

LEUDES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEELSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found LEUDES?

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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.

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