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DEPTH

/dɛpθ/5 letters

Definition of DEPTH

noun

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

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Where it comes from

From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“depth”), equivalent to deep + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots deepth, Saterland Frisian Djüpte, West Frisian djipte (“depth; abyss, chasm”), Dutch diepte, German Low German Deepd, Luxembourgish Déift, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål dybde (“depth”), Faroese dýpd (“depth”), Icelandic dýpt, Norwegian Nynorsk djupt, dypt, and Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 (diupiþa, “depth”); further to Old English diepe, German Tiefe, Icelandic dýpi, Norwegian Nynorsk djup, djupn, Swedish djup.

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.

DEPTH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 16 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
16
Boards found on
22
First board
100
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

dand

on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEPTH
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start DEPTH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DEPTHSDEPTHLESS

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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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.

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