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LEVIRATES
Definition of LEVIRATES
noun
plural of levirate
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Word DNA
LEVIRATES inherits its ancestry from its root, LEVIRATE.
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,584)
How it is built
Same root, LEVIRATE · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LEVIRATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEVIRATES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEILRSTV - 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 LEVIRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LEVIRATES?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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