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HITHERTO
Definition of HITHERTO
adverb
Up to this or that time.
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Where it comes from
The adverb is derived from Middle English hiderto (“to the present time, until now; up to this point”), from hider (“in this direction, to or toward this place; up to the present time, until now”) (from Old English hider (“to here, hither”)) + to (“in the direction of, toward; etc.”). By surface analysis, hither + to. The adjective is derived from the adverb.
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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.
HITHERTO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HITHERTO starts with H and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EHHIORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and T appear more than once.
Words that start HITHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HITHERTO?
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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