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LIBEL

/ˈlaɪbəl/5 letters

Definition of LIBEL

noun

A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Doublet of libelle.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

LIBEL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 110
Its 2 boards, across 110 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
76
First board
110
Latest board
34
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

jeremyhoneyman

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LIBEL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start LIBEL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LIBELSLIBELEDLIBELEELIBELERLIBELANTLIBELEESLIBELERSLIBELINGLIBELISTLIBELLEDLIBELLEELIBELLER

Could you have found LIBEL?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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