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LOSSIEST

8 letters

Definition of LOSSIEST

adjective

superlative form of lossy: most lossy

LOSSY

adjective

Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.

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Word DNA

LOSSIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, LOSS.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (12,230)

How it is built

adjective

Same root, LOSS · 3 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Icelandic.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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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.

LOSSIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its one board, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
14
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

queen_of_leavesPATRON

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LOSSIEST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

LOSSIEST starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EILOSSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start LOSSIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LOSSIEST?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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