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THEIR

/ðɛːɹ/5 letters

Definition of THEIR

determiner

Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).

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Where it comes from

From Old Norse þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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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.

THEIR in OUTLIER

It has fitted 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 100 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards it fitted
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

THEIR
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

THEIR starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIRT - 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 THEIR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

THEIRSTHEIRSELFTHEIRSELVES

Could you have found THEIR?

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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.

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