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THEME
Definition of THEME
noun
A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema.
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.
THEME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
THEME starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start THEME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found THEME?
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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