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ALONE
Definition of ALONE
adjective
By oneself, solitary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ān (“completely alone”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + one. Cognate with Scots alane (“alone”), Saterland Frisian alleene (“alone”), West Frisian allinne (“alone”), Dutch alleen (“alone”), Low German alleen (“alone”), German allein (“alone”), Danish alene (“alone”), Swedish allena (“alone”). More at all and one. For the different phonological development of alone and one, see the note in one.
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 (1,204)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALONE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 4 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ALONE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ALONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALONE?
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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