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THUNDERIEST

11 letters

Definition of THUNDERIEST

adjective

superlative form of thundery: most thundery

THUNDERY

adjective

Of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning.

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Word DNA

THUNDERIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, THUNDER.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,575)

How it is built

adjective

Same root, THUNDER · 13 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Irish, Latin, Norwegian, Old Norse, Persian and 1 more.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

THUNDERIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 163
Its one board, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
152
First board
11
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.

Built from these letters

THUNDERIEST
11
Letters
4
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

THUNDERIEST starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEEHINRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.

Words that start THUNDER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found THUNDERIEST?

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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.

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