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LIBRA

/ˈliːbrə/5 letters

Definition of LIBRA

noun

A Roman unit of mass, usually equivalent to 327 g.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin lībra (“pound”), partially via Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese libra. Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, lira, litra, litre, livre, and rottol.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Portuguese
  2. Spanish
  3. Italian
  4. Latin
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Portuguese

Deepest traced root

25th

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

0.4%

of traced words share this origin (110)

Romance

branch · 15.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, LIBRA · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

LIBRA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 19 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
39
First board
138
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.

Built from these letters

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

LIBRA starts with L and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABILR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start LIBRA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LIBRA?

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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.

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