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METHINKETH
Definition of METHINKETH
contraction
methinks
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English me thinketh, from Old English mē þynceþ; equivalent to me + thinketh, where me is the object pronoun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,971)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
METHINKETH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
METHINKETH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EEHHIKMNTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, T and H appear more than once.
Could you have found METHINKETH?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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