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LITTLIES
Definition of LITTLIES
noun
plural of littlie
LITTLIE
noun
A small person or child.
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Word DNA
LITTLIES inherits its ancestry from its root, LITTLE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,180)
How it is built
Same root, LITTLE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, 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.
LITTLIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LITTLIES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIILLSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L, I and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 LITTLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LITTLIES?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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