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NINTH

/naɪnθ/5 letters

Definition of NINTH

adjective

The ordinal form of the number nine.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; the -n- was reinserted by analogy with nine. Equivalent to nine + -th (ordinal suffix).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

NINTH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
111
First board
10
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

joelvp

on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

NINTH
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

NINTH starts with N and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HINNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start NINTH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

NINTHSNINTHLY

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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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.

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