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BOTH

/boʊθ/4 letters

Definition of BOTH

determiner

Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā (“both the; both those”) and possibly reinforced by Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bee (“both”), West Frisian beide (“both”), Dutch beide (“both”), German beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian både, Icelandic báðir. Replaced Middle English bō, from Old English bā, a form of Old English bēġen. A remnant of the Indo-European dual grammatical number.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BOTH in OUTLIER

It has fitted 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
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Boards it fitted
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

BOTH
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BOTH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BHOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start BOTH

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Could you have found BOTH?

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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.

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