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THIN
Definition of THIN
adjective
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, THIN · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Persian, Polish, Russian and 3 more.
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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.
THIN in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 49 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
THIN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HINT - 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 THIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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