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FOURTH

/fɔːθ/6 letters

Definition of FOURTH

adjective

The ordinal form of the number four.

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Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th (ordinal suffix). Compare West Frisian fjirde, Saterland Frisian fjädde, fjoode, Dutch vierde, German Low German feerde, feerd, German vierte, Danish fjerde, Icelandic fjórði.

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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.

FOURTH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 110
Its 12 boards, across 110 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
31
First board
106
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.

Built from these letters

FOURTH
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FOURTH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FHORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start FOURTH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.

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