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CLOTHE
Definition of CLOTHE
verb
To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clothen, from Old English *clāþian (“to clothe”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþōną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to adhere to, stick”). Cognate with Dutch kleden, German kleiden, Swedish kläda, after apocope klä. See also cloth, clad.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, CLOTHE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLOTHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLOTHE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHLOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLOTHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found CLOTHE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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