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LICENSEE

/ˌlaɪsənˈsiː/8 letters

Definition of LICENSEE

noun

A person to whom a license is granted.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From license + -ee.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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.

LICENSEE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
113
First board
120
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.

Built from these letters

LICENSEE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

LICENSEE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEEILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start LICENS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LICENSELICENSEDLICENSERLICENSESLICENSORLICENSEESLICENSERSLICENSINGLICENSORSLICENSURELICENSABLELICENSURES

Could you have found LICENSEE?

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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.

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