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LEVIATHAN
Definition of LEVIATHAN
noun
A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Middle English leviathan, levyathan, levyethan, from Late Latin leviathan, a transliteration of Biblical Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (liwyāṯān), possibly from לִוְיָה (liwyâ, “garland, wreath”) + ־תָּן (-tān, suffix forming agent nouns), literally “the tortuous one”. Noun sense 2.2 (“political state”) was coined by English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) in his work Leviathan (1651): see the quotation. Noun sense 2.3 (“synonym of Satan”) refers to Isaiah 27:1 in the Bible (King James Version, spelling modernized): “In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even Leviathan that crooked serpent, and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.” The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hebrew
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (170)
branch · 2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LEVIATHAN · 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.
LEVIATHAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 230 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LEVIATHAN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEHILNTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start LEVIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
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