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LIVELIHOODS
Definition of LIVELIHOODS
noun
plural of livelihood
noun
A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income).
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Word DNA
LIVELIHOODS inherits its ancestry from its root, LIVELIHOOD.
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.
LIVELIHOODS 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 16 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
LIVELIHOODS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEHIILLOOSV - 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 LIVELIH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LIVELIHOODS?
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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