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LIVELIHOOD
Definition of LIVELIHOOD
noun
A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English liflode, from Old English līflād (“course of life, conduct”), from līf (“life”) + lād (“course, journey”), later altered under the influence of lively, -hood. Compare life, lode.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,961)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LIVELIHOOD · 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.
LIVELIHOOD 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 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 146, 13 October 2026.
Built from these letters
LIVELIHOOD starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHIILLOOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L, I and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start LIVELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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