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SOMETHING
Definition of SOMETHING
pronoun
An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOMETHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOMETHING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHIMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SOMETH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found SOMETHING?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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