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LITHE
Definition of LITHE
adjective
Mild; calm.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English lithe, from Old English līþe (“gentle, mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *linþ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *linþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lentos. Akin to Saterland Frisian lied (“thin, skinny, gaunt”), Danish, Dutch, and archaic German lind (“mild”). Some sources also list Latin lenis (“soft”) and/or Latin lentus (“supple”) as possible cognates.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LITHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LITHE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LITHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found LITHE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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