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EASTERN
Definition of EASTERN
adjective
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English esturne, esterne, from Old English ēasterne (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austrōnijaz (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ro- (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”). Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German ōstrōni (“eastern”), Old Norse austrœnn (“eastern”). Morphologically east + -ern.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EASTERN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EASTERN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEENRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 EASTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EASTERN?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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