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EIGHT
Definition of EIGHT
noun
NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 8.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English eighte, aught, eahte, ahte, from Old English eahta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Cognate with Scots aucht (“eight”), West Frisian acht (“eight”), Dutch acht (“eight”), Low German acht (“eight”), German acht (“eight”), Norwegian åtte (“eight”), Swedish åtta (“eight”), Icelandic átta (“eight”), Latin octo (“eight”), Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), Irish ocht (“eight”), among others. False cognate of Tamil எட்டு (eṭṭu), Malayalam എട്ട് (eṭṭŭ).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,616)
How it is built
Same root, EIGHT · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Malay, Norwegian, Scots and 1 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.
EIGHT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EIGHT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGHIT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EIGHT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EIGHT?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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