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OLDEN
Definition of OLDEN
adjective
From or relating to a previous era.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English olden, probably originally an inflected plural form of old (compare Old English ealdum, dative plural of eald (“old”)), but later reanalysed as equivalent to old + -en (“made of”). Otherwise derived from Old Norse aldinn (“ancient, old”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (787)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OLDEN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OLDEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OLDEN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DELNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 OLDEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found OLDEN?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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