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HUNDRED
Definition of HUNDRED
noun
NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for 00.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, hundert, Danish hundred.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (976)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HUNDRED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HUNDRED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEHNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start HUNDRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HUNDRED?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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