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STRING
Definition of STRING
noun
A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English string, streng, strynge, from Old English strenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand; to tighten”). Cognate with Scots string (“string”), Dutch streng (“cord, strand”), Low German strenge (“strand, cord, rope”), German Strang (“strand, cord, rope”), Danish streng (“string”), Swedish sträng (“string, cord, wire”), Icelandic strengur (“string”), Latvian stringt (“to be tight, wither”), Latin stringō (“to tighten”), Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “halter”), Ancient Greek στραγγός (strangós, “tied together, entangled, twisted”).
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
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, STRE · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Scots, Swedish.
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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.
STRING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STRING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found STRING?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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