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FILTHIEST

9 letters

Definition of FILTHIEST

adjective

superlative form of filthy: most filthy

FILTHY

adjective

Covered with filth; very dirty.

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Word DNA

FILTHIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, FILTHY.

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

6.2%

of traced words share this origin (4,883)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjectivecompound

Same root, FILTHY · 4 relatives in the game

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FILTHIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 3 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
106
First board
146
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

woermsin

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FILTHIEST
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FILTHIEST starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFHIILSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.

Words that start FILTHI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FILTHIERFILTHIESFILTHILYFILTHINESSFILTHINESSES

Could you have found FILTHIEST?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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