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LIEU
Definition of LIEU
noun
A place or stead.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”). Doublet of locus. Attested earlier and in Middle English only as part of the partially calqued phrase in lieu of.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LIEU · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LIEU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 128 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LIEU starts with L and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read EILU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LIEU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found LIEU?
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