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LISP
Definition of LISP
noun
The act or a habit of lisping.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, LISP · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Middle Low German, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LISP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LISP starts with L and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ILPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 LISP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found LISP?
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