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EARST
Definition of EARST
adverb
Obsolete spelling of erst.
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Word DNA
EARST inherits its ancestry from its root, ERST.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,600)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ERST · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EARST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EARST starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AERST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
12 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found EARST?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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