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LORDLING
Definition of LORDLING
noun
An unimportant or petty lord.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lordlyng; equivalent to lord + -ling.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,246)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LORDL · 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.
LORDLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LORDLING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGILLNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LORDLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LORDLING?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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