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THENCE
Definition of THENCE
adverb
From there, from that place or from that time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,759)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
THENCE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEHNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start THENCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found THENCE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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