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LISPOUND
Definition of LISPOUND
noun
A unit of weight formerly used in the Baltic countries, varying between 17 and 19 pounds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Apparently from Dutch lijspond, a contraction of Lijfs pond (“Livonian pound”); or from the equivalent Low German lispunt, livespunt.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,720)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LISPOUND · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LISPOUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LISPOUND starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DILNOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LISPOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LISPOUND?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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