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LOATHSOME
Definition of LOATHSOME
adjective
Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lothsum, from Old English *lāþsum, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþasam, equivalent to loath + -some. Cognate with Middle Low German lêtsam (“arduous”), German leidsam (“sad, sorry”).
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 (2,977)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LOATHSOME · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOATHSOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOATHSOME starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHLMOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start LOATHS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found LOATHSOME?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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