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LEVER
Definition of LEVER
noun
A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English lever, levore, levour, from Old French leveor, leveur (“a lifter, lever (also Old French and French levier)”), from Latin levātor (“a lifter”), from levō (“to raise”). Doublet of levator.
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.
LEVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LEVER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EELRV - 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.
Words that start LEVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found LEVER?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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