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LICENSED
Definition of LICENSED
adjective
Having been issued with a licence (by the required authority).
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Word DNA
LICENSED inherits its ancestry from its root, LICENSE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LICENSE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LICENSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LICENSED starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEILNS - 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 LICENS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found LICENSED?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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