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TOAST
Definition of TOAST
noun
Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tost, from the verb tosten (see below). Sense 3 is according to the Oxford English Dictionary a figurative application of sense 1 dating to 1674. It began as an epithet for a lady being supposed to flavour a bumper like a spiced toast placed in that drink. (In this context, a bumper is a drinking vessel filled to the brim.)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,164)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TOAST · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 166, 2 November 2026.
Built from these letters
TOAST starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TOAST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOAST?
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