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THINGS
Definition of THINGS
noun
plural of thing
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Word DNA
THINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, THING.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,696)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, THING · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Old Norse, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THINGS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
THINGS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GHINST - 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.
Could you have found THINGS?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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