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THEMSELF

/ðɛmˈsɛlf/8 letters

Definition of THEMSELF

pronoun

The reflexive form of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition .

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Where it comes from

From Middle English theimself. Equivalent to them + -self. Reinforced by analogy with the singular-plural distinction between yourself and yourselves.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

THEMSELF in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its 8 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
36
First board
112
Latest board
46
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

THEMSELF
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

THEMSELF starts with T and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read EEFHLMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start THEMSE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

THEMSELVES

Could you have found THEMSELF?

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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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