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LIVERY

/ˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/6 letters

Definition of LIVERY

noun

Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English livery, liveree, from Anglo-Norman liveree, from Old French livree. Compare modern French livrée.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Old French
  2. Anglo-Norman
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Old French

Deepest traced root

9th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

2.9%

of traced words share this origin (2,283)

Romance

branch · 12.9% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Same root, LIVERY · 4 relatives in the game

Every Old French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LIVERY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 64 boards so far. 306 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 64 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
64
Boards found on
5
First board
150
Latest board
9
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.

Built from these letters

LIVERY
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LIVERY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILRVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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 LIVERY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LIVERY?

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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.

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