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THOUSANDFOLD
Definition of THOUSANDFOLD
adjective
Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English thousendfold, from Old English þūsendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundīfalþaz, corresponding to thousand + -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, Icelandic þúsundfalt.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.5%
of traced words share this origin (922)
branch · 22.7% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, 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.
THOUSANDFOLD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THOUSANDFOLD starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDFHLNOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and D appear more than once.
Words that start THOUSAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THOUSANDFOLD?
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