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LITTLENESS
Definition of LITTLENESS
noun
The property of being little, smallness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English litelnes, litelnesse, from Old English lytelnysse, lȳtelnes, equivalent to little + -ness.
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.
LITTLENESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LITTLENESS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEILLNSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L, T, E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start LITTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LITTLENESS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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