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FURTHEST

/ˈfɜː(ɹ)ðɪst/8 letters

Definition of FURTHEST

adjective

superlative form of far: most far Most distant in time, space or degree.

FAR

symbol

ISO 639-3 language code for Fataleka.

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Word DNA

FURTHEST inherits its ancestry from its root, FAR.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Germanic
  2. Old English
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Germanic

Deepest traced root

6th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

4.7%

of traced words share this origin (3,888)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

Same root, FAR · 6 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Germanic 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.

FURTHEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 165
Its 3 boards, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
106
First board
148
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First ever to find it

russgreene

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

Built from these letters

FURTHEST
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FURTHEST starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFHRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Words that start FURTHE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FURTHERFURTHERSFURTHEREDFURTHERERFURTHERERSFURTHERINGFURTHERANCEFURTHERMOREFURTHERMOSTFURTHERSOMEFURTHERANCES

Could you have found FURTHEST?

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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