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THENS
Definition of THENS
Wiktionary has no entry for THENS itself. This is its base word, THEN.
adverb
At that time.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for THEN.
From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than.
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.
THENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 122, 19 September 2026.
Built from these letters
THENS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found THENS?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
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