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LEVATOR
Definition of LEVATOR
noun
One who, or something which, lifts something else, as: Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”). Doublet of lever.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LEVATOR · 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.
LEVATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 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
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEVATOR starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AELORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found LEVATOR?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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