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NETHER
Definition of NETHER
adjective
Lower; under.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowest”, adjective), from niþer, niþor (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”). Cognates include Dutch neder, German nieder, Luxembourgish nidder, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned (“down”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, NETHER · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NETHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NETHER starts with N and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEHNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 NETHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found NETHER?
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