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FIND
Definition of FIND
verb
To locate To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English finden, from Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”). See also West Frisian fine, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, German finden, Danish finde, Norwegian Bokmål finne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish finna; also English path, Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊), Sanskrit पथ (pathá, “path”), Proto-Slavic *pǫtь. For the meaning development compare Proto-Slavic *najьti > Russian найти́ (najtí), akin to Proto-Slavic *jьti > идти́ (idtí); Russian находи́ть (naxodítʹ), нахо́дка (naxódka), akin to ход (xod), ходи́ть (xodítʹ).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, FIND · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Irish, Latin, Norwegian, Proto-Slavic, Russian and 2 more.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIND in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FIND starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DFIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FIND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FIND?
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