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ALONG
Definition of ALONG
preposition
By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English, from Old English andlang, from prefix and- + lang (“long”). Doublet of endlong.
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 (2,855)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALONG · 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.
ALONG in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 119, 16 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ALONG starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGLNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ALONG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALONG?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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