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THUS
Definition of THUS
adverb
In this way or manner.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English thus, þus, from Old English þus (“thus, in this way, as follows, in this manner, to this extent”), from Proto-West Germanic *þus (“so, thus”), perhaps originally from a variant of the instrumental form of this, related to Old English þȳs (“by this, with this”), Old Saxon thius (“by this, with this”). Cognate with Scots thus (“thus”), North Frisian thus, Saterland Frisian dus, düs (“thus”), West Frisian dus (“thus”), Dutch dus (“thus, so”), Middle High German dus (“thus, as follows”). Compare also Dutch zus (“thus, hence”), Low German sus (“thus, hence”), Middle High German sus (“thus, hence”), a similar formation from the stem of Proto-West Germanic *swā (“so”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, THUS · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THUS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
THUS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start THUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THUS?
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