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EARTHS
Definition of EARTHS
noun
plural of earth
proper noun
Alternative letter-case form of Earth (“the third planet of the Solar System, upon which humans live”).
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Word DNA
EARTHS inherits its ancestry from its root, EARTH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,662)
How it is built
Same root, EARTH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Hebrew, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian and 5 more.
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.
EARTHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EARTHS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EARTHS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found EARTHS?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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