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EITHER
Definition of EITHER
determiner
Any one (of two).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English either, from Old English ǣġhwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw + *gahwaþar. Akin to Old Saxon eogihwethar, iahwethar (Low German jeed); Old Dutch *iogewether, *iowether, *iother (Dutch ieder); Old High German eogihwedar, iegihweder, ieweder (German jeder). The pronunciations with /iː/ and /eɪ/ respectively reflect Middle English forms in /ɛː/ and /æi/; the origin of that with /aɪ/ is less clear, but it may reflect a Middle English form with /iː/; see Middle English either for more discussion.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,881)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EITH · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EITHER in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EITHER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEHIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found EITHER?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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