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LIFETIME

/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/8 letters

Definition of LIFETIME

noun

The duration of the life of someone or something.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English lyftyme, equivalent to life + time. Cognate with Icelandic líftími (“lifetime”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Lieuwendstied, Dutch leeftijd and levenstijd, German Low German Levenstied, German Lebenszeit, Danish livstid, Swedish livstid.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

LIFETIME in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 7 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
16
First board
102
Latest board
31
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

eileenn701

on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

LIFETIME
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LIFETIME starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEFIILMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.

Words that start LIFETI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LIFETIME?

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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.

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