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TRUENESS
Definition of TRUENESS
noun
The characteristic of being true.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English trewenesse, trewnesse, from Old English trēownes, equivalent to true + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian trouwens (“trueness, faithfulness, fidelity”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,159)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRUENESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRUENESS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EENRSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TRUENE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRUENESS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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