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EIGHTIES
Definition of EIGHTIES
noun
plural of eighty
numeral
The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.
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Word DNA
EIGHTIES inherits its ancestry from its root, EIGHTY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,002)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EIGHTY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EIGHTIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EIGHTIES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGHIIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start EIGHTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found EIGHTIES?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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