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DEATH
Definition of DEATH
noun
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English deth, deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die. Cognate with Scots daeth, daith, death, deeth, deith (“death”), North Frisian Duar, duas, düüs (“death”), Saterland Frisian Dood (“death”), West Frisian dea (“death”), Dutch dood (“death”), German Tod, Todt (“death”), Limburgish doead (“death”), Luxembourgish Doud (“death”), Yiddish טויט (toyt, “death”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død (“death”), Faroese deyði (“death”), Icelandic dauði (“death”), Norwegian Nynorsk daude, død (“death”), Swedish död (“death”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus, “death”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,656)
How it is built
Same root, DEATH · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish.
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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.
DEATH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DEATH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ADEHT - 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 DEATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEATH?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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