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NINEFOLD
Definition of NINEFOLD
adjective
Having nine times as much or as many.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *nynefold, *niȝenfald, from Old English niġonfeald. Equivalent to nine + -fold.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,137)
branch · 22.8% 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.
NINEFOLD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NINEFOLD starts with N and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFILNNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found NINEFOLD?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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