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TIMOTHY

/ˈtɪməθi/7 letters

Definition of TIMOTHY

noun

Timothy-grass (Phleum pratense), native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.

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Where it comes from

Named after Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

TIMOTHY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
117
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

korggrok

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TIMOTHY
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TIMOTHY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HIMOTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Words that start TIMOTH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TIMOTHY?

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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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