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EARTHLING
Definition of EARTHLING
noun
One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English erthling (“farmer, ploughman”) [and other forms] (in glossaries), from Old English ierþling, eorþling (“farmer, husbandman, ploughman”) [and other forms], from eorþe (“ground; dirt; planet Earth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“earth”)) + -ling (suffix forming personal nouns). The English word is analysable as earth + -ling.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, EARTHL · 1 relative in the game
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.
EARTHLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
EARTHLING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EARTHL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
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