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ALMOST
Definition of ALMOST
adverb
Very close to, but not quite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,195)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALMOST in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ALMOST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ALMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ALMOST?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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