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ILLTHS
Definition of ILLTHS
Wiktionary has no entry for ILLTHS itself. This is its base word, ILLTH.
noun
The opposite of wealth; that which, by its possession, causes damage of some kind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for ILLTH.
From ill + -th (abstract nominal suffix), coined by John Ruskin as an opposite for wealth, in the sense of ill being the opposite of well.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ILLTH · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ILLTHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ILLTHS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HILLST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ILLTHS?
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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