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LICIT

/ˈlɪs.ɪt/5 letters

Definition of LICIT

adjective

Unforbidden; permitted.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin licitus (“lawful”), perfect participle of licet (“[it] is permitted”, impersonal verb).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

LICIT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 19 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
48
First board
120
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

lemur

on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

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

Words that start LICIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LICITLYLICITNESSLICITNESSES

Could you have found LICIT?

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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.

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