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LATHIEST

8 letters

Definition of LATHIEST

adjective

superlative form of lathy: most lathy

LATHY

adjective

Like a lath; long and slender.

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Word DNA

LATHIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, LATH.

Line of descent

  1. Welsh
  2. Proto-Indo-European
  3. Proto-Germanic
  4. Old English
  5. Middle English
  6. English

5 recorded generations before English.

Welsh

Deepest traced root

34th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.2%

of traced words share this origin (158)

Celtic

branch · 0.8% of traced words

How it is built

adjective

Same root, LATH · 15 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Dutch.

Every Welsh word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

LATHIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 175
Its one board, across 175 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
167
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First found by a player on Day 167, 3 November 2026.

Built from these letters

LATHIEST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start LATHIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LATHIEST?

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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.

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